Former principal of loyola School Father George Hess passed away on Monday afternoon in Jamshedpur. He was admitted to TMH after he developed breathing problems and was in the CCU for the past two weeks.
He was the principal of loyola School for 10 years from 1954 to 1963 at De Nobili school, Dhanbad for 17 years. He was principal of loyola BEd College. He was passionate about photography and was responsible for the setting up of training rooms in Jamshedpur and Bhubaneshwar.
He helped launch the only Jesuit Hospital in Bhubaneshwar Recently he launched a book on his life and times, called “ Önce upon a time”. His funeral service will be at St Joseph’s Cathedral, Golmori with a viewing from 1:30 pm and mass service at 2:30pm . The burial will be at Jesu Bhavan , Mango, thereafter.
He came to India in 1952 at the age of 32 just after the independence in 1947.
His first assignment was to set up loyola School in Jamshedpur, which he took up in 1952 with 285 students. loyola was given 3.5 acres of land which once housed the ChotaNagpur Regimental Club(CNR).