Br. Imilian George

Robert Bedard was born one of eight children of John and Clara Trombley Bedard on May 1, 1924 in Minneapolis. He began high school in 1938 at De La Salle High School in Minneapolis but entered the Juniorate at Glencoe one year later. He received the habit and the religious name of Imilian George in August of 1942. He completed his B.A. degree at St. Mary's College in Winona in 1946 and began teaching that same year at Cotter High School in Winona. In 1948 he was assigned at St. Patrick High School in Chicago, Illinois, and in 1949 he taught at De La Salle Institute in the same city. Brother Imilian George served three more times at St. Patrick High School, 1956-66, 1977-88, 1989-1992, for a total of twenty-four years there. From 1951 to 1955 he taught at Christian Brothers College High School in St. Louis, Missouri. An injury to his hand in his youth brought him the nickname "three fingers George." He completed his M.S. degree from DePaul University in Chicago in 1954. He came to Cretin High School in St. Paul, Minnesota, in 1955 and to Catholic Central in Muskegon, Minnesota, in 1966. He retired at St. Patrick's Community in Chicago and lived there from 1992 to 1997 when he moved to Driscoll Community. He died of a heart attack in Brainerd, Minnesota, while visiting his family. He was seventy-four years old and had been a De La Salle Christian Brother for fifty-six years.