The O'Donovan Rifles named in his honor

Since 1951, the Honor Company of the La Salle Cadets drill team has been called the O'Donovan Rifles in honor of the late Major James J. O'Donovan. This is a fitting tribute, since O'Donovan was during the years 1938-1941 a professor of Military Science and Tactics at La Salle Institute, and was a rifle drill instructor there.