Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Pashure pokuwana dhigirii rake rokutanga rezvemifananidzo, Donovan akapedza makore maviri paColumbia Law School, kwaakanga ari mukirasi yaFranklin D. Roosevelt, uye akadzidza pasi paHarlan Fiske Stone. Achidzokera kuBuffalo, akabatana nekambani yemagweta inoremekedzwa yeRudo &amp; Keating muna 1909 uye, makore maviri gare gare, akavhura yake Buffalo kambani mukubatana neColumbia mukirasi, Bradley Goodyear. Muna 1914, kambani yavo yakabatanidzwa neimwe, kuva Goodyear &amp; O'Brien. Muna 1912, Donovan akabatsira kuumba, uye akava mutungamiri, boka revatasvi vemabhiza veNew York National Guard. Iri boka rakaunganidzwa muna 1916 uye rakashanda pamuganhu weU.S. neMexico mukati mekurwisa kwehurumende yeAmerica Pancho Villa
. Akadzidza urongwa hwemauto uye nzira dzokurwisana nadzo. Akatorawo makosi okutamba muNew York City kubva kune imwe nyeredzi yemitambo yezuva racho, Eleanor Robson. Muna 1914, akaroora Ruth Rumsey, mugari wenhaka weBuffalo uyo akanga apinda Rosemary Hall.