One of the biggest parts of Dr. Mitchell's life was his time as a professor at the University of Scranton. To gain a better understanding of his situation, we did research on the number of black professors at the collegiate level. We were able to find out a lot of information about his time as a professor through the interview of Kathie Kemmerer. This helped us understand what he brought to others at the university. Another this we did research on was the awards he was named to for his work and teaching at the University. One notable award was in 1983 Mitchell was named "Educator of the Year" by the Pennsylvania State Senate. 

As stated in Dr. Mitchell's Obituary, Louis began playing the piano in high school and continued playing throughout his entire life. In his playing, he learned to play famous compositions by Mozart and Chopin as well as composed countless of his own pieces (Genello B and Brown P., 1989). Then, in the University of Scranton Newspaper, Dr. Mitchell reportedly played his own compositions at the Hotel Casey (University of Scranton Newspaper, 1963). Continuing from the University of Scranton Newspaper, Mitchell composed gospel music named "Songs I Heard Mahalia Sing" that played in the Christ the King Roman Catholic Church (University of Scranton Newspaper, 1976). Mitchell's biggest accomplishment as a musician comes in the form of a play called "Star of the Morning". This play would eventually become a Broadway hit, which elevated Dr. Mitchell to an all-new-level of fame (University of Scranton Newspaper, 1985). 

Dr. Mitchell is beyond the definition of successful. In Dr. Mitchell's obituary, they list a few of his accomplishments as a writer and composer. The obituary says that Mitchell composed "A Mass in D Minor in Honor of Saint Augustine", one of the songs in the mass, "Ave Maria", was played at the St. Patrick Cathedral in New York City. Furthermore, two of his composed plays, "Ballad of Winter Soldiers" and "Star of the Morning" were shown at the Lincoln Center and Broadway. Dr. Mitchell would then go on to receive an award from the American Society of Composers and Publishers in 1985. Continuing from his obituary, Dr. Mitchell also was an established author. Mitchell wrote many short stories along with being the American correspondent for "The Month", a Jesuit magazine based in London. Dr. Mitchell also would travel to lecture at various universities including: Harvard, Boston, Columbia, London, Madrid, Jerusalem, Amsterdam, Brussels, and Dusseldorf. To finish off Dr. Mitchell's astounding career, he was named Fordham Educator of the Year in 1982 and recognized by the Pennsylvania Senate as "Educator of the Year" in 1983. Similarly, his honors include "Who's Who Among Black Americans," "Images of the Afro-American in the Theatre," "Oxford Companion to the Theatre," and "Who's Who in the Theatre." (Genello B and Brown P., 1989) .