Brother Hilbert Edmund (Daniel Gregory Whaley) was born in St. Paul, Minnesota, and entered the Novitiate in 1935 in Glencoe, Missouri. He died on March 13, 2003, at the age of 84 in Memphis, Tennessee, and is buried there in Calvary Cemetery.
Daniel Gregory Whaley was born one of six children of Ambrose C. and Madeline Skelly Whaley on March 16, 1918, according to his birth certificate in St. Paul, Minnesota. He later adopted March 17th, St. Patrick's Day, as his birthday and celebrated for almost eighty-five years on that day. At the age of six his father was transferred to Seattle where Daniel attended grade school from 1923 to 1929 at St. Anne School. The family moved back to St. Paul in 1929 and he continued his elementary school education at St. Mark School in St. Paul. In 1931 he entered Cretin High School under the supervision of the Christian Brothers and graduated there in June of 1935. He entered the Novitiate at Glencoe and received the habit and religious name of Brother Hilbert Edmund on August 30, 1935. In August of 1936 he entered St. Mary's College in Winona, Minnesota and received his B.S.B.A., a double degree, in 1939. Brother H. Edmund's first teaching assignment took him to St. George High School in Evanston, Illinois, from 1939 to 1942. He then was transferred to De La Salle Institute in Chicago where he spent the next four years, from 1942 to 1946. He made his final profession of vows during that time in 1943 at Beaver Island, Michigan. In 1946 he completed his M.B.A. at DePaul University before he returned to St. Mary's College in Winona where he taught until 1951. In August of 1951 Brother Edmund returned to teach at St. George High School but in 1953 he was assigned to Christian Brothers College in Memphis, Tennessee, where he was to spend the next sixteen years. Edmund accepted an administrative assignment at Newport Catholic High School in Newport, Kentucky, in 1964 and headed that school until his return to Christian Brothers University in 1974. Brother retired from active teaching in 1995 but remained active on the campus and in his community until his death four days short of his 85th birthday. He had been a De La Salle Christian Brother for sixty-eight years, forty-five of which were spent on the campus of Christian Brothers University.
Bio by Br. Robert Werle
Daniel Gregory Whaley was born one of six children of Ambrose C. and Madeline Skelly Whaley on March 16, 1918, according to his birth certificate in St. Paul, Minnesota. He later adopted March 17th, St. Patrick's Day, as his birthday and celebrated for almost eighty-five years on that day. At the age of six his father was transferred to Seattle where Daniel attended grade school from 1923 to 1929 at St. Anne School. The family moved back to St. Paul in 1929 and he continued his elementary school education at St. Mark School in St. Paul. In 1931 he entered Cretin High School under the supervision of the Christian Brothers and graduated there in June of 1935. He entered the Novitiate at Glencoe and received the habit and religious name of Brother Hilbert Edmund on August 30, 1935. In August of 1936 he entered St. Mary's College in Winona, Minnesota and received his B.S.B.A., a double degree, in 1939. Brother H. Edmund's first teaching assignment took him to St. George High School in Evanston, Illinois, from 1939 to 1942. He then was transferred to De La Salle Institute in Chicago where he spent the next four years, from 1942 to 1946. He made his final profession of vows during that time in 1943 at Beaver Island, Michigan. In 1946 he completed his M.B.A. at DePaul University before he returned to St. Mary's College in Winona where he taught until 1951. In August of 1951 Brother Edmund returned to teach at St. George High School but in 1953 he was assigned to Christian Brothers College in Memphis, Tennessee, where he was to spend the next sixteen years. Edmund accepted an administrative assignment at Newport Catholic High School in Newport, Kentucky, in 1964 and headed that school until his return to Christian Brothers University in 1974. Brother retired from active teaching in 1995 but remained active on the campus and in his community until his death four days short of his 85th birthday. He had been a De La Salle Christian Brother for sixty-eight years, forty-five of which were spent on the campus of Christian Brothers University.
Bio by Br. Robert Werle
Brother Hilbert Edmund (Daniel Gregory Whaley) was born in St. Paul, Minnesota, and entered the Novitiate in 1935 in Glencoe, Missouri. He died on March 13, 2003, at the age of 84 in Memphis, Tennessee, and is buried there in Calvary Cemetery.
Daniel Gregory Whaley was born one of six children of Ambrose C. and Madeline Skelly Whaley on March 16, 1918, according to his birth certificate in St. Paul, Minnesota. He later adopted March 17th, St. Patrick's Day, as his birthday and celebrated for almost eighty-five years on that day. At the age of six his father was transferred to Seattle where Daniel attended grade school from 1923 to 1929 at St. Anne School. The family moved back to St. Paul in 1929 and he continued his elementary school education at St. Mark School in St. Paul. In 1931 he entered Cretin High School under the supervision of the Christian Brothers and graduated there in June of 1935. He entered the Novitiate at Glencoe and received the habit and religious name of Brother Hilbert Edmund on August 30, 1935. In August of 1936 he entered St. Mary's College in Winona, Minnesota and received his B.S.B.A., a double degree, in 1939. Brother H. Edmund's first teaching assignment took him to St. George High School in Evanston, Illinois, from 1939 to 1942. He then was transferred to De La Salle Institute in Chicago where he spent the next four years, from 1942 to 1946. He made his final profession of vows during that time in 1943 at Beaver Island, Michigan. In 1946 he completed his M.B.A. at DePaul University before he returned to St. Mary's College in Winona where he taught until 1951. In August of 1951 Brother Edmund returned to teach at St. George High School but in 1953 he was assigned to Christian Brothers College in Memphis, Tennessee, where he was to spend the next sixteen years. Edmund accepted an administrative assignment at Newport Catholic High School in Newport, Kentucky, in 1964 and headed that school until his return to Christian Brothers University in 1974. Brother retired from active teaching in 1995 but remained active on the campus and in his community until his death four days short of his 85th birthday. He had been a De La Salle Christian Brother for sixty-eight years, forty-five of which were spent on the campus of Christian Brothers University.
Bio by Br. Robert Werle
Daniel Gregory Whaley was born one of six children of Ambrose C. and Madeline Skelly Whaley on March 16, 1918, according to his birth certificate in St. Paul, Minnesota. He later adopted March 17th, St. Patrick's Day, as his birthday and celebrated for almost eighty-five years on that day. At the age of six his father was transferred to Seattle where Daniel attended grade school from 1923 to 1929 at St. Anne School. The family moved back to St. Paul in 1929 and he continued his elementary school education at St. Mark School in St. Paul. In 1931 he entered Cretin High School under the supervision of the Christian Brothers and graduated there in June of 1935. He entered the Novitiate at Glencoe and received the habit and religious name of Brother Hilbert Edmund on August 30, 1935. In August of 1936 he entered St. Mary's College in Winona, Minnesota and received his B.S.B.A., a double degree, in 1939. Brother H. Edmund's first teaching assignment took him to St. George High School in Evanston, Illinois, from 1939 to 1942. He then was transferred to De La Salle Institute in Chicago where he spent the next four years, from 1942 to 1946. He made his final profession of vows during that time in 1943 at Beaver Island, Michigan. In 1946 he completed his M.B.A. at DePaul University before he returned to St. Mary's College in Winona where he taught until 1951. In August of 1951 Brother Edmund returned to teach at St. George High School but in 1953 he was assigned to Christian Brothers College in Memphis, Tennessee, where he was to spend the next sixteen years. Edmund accepted an administrative assignment at Newport Catholic High School in Newport, Kentucky, in 1964 and headed that school until his return to Christian Brothers University in 1974. Brother retired from active teaching in 1995 but remained active on the campus and in his community until his death four days short of his 85th birthday. He had been a De La Salle Christian Brother for sixty-eight years, forty-five of which were spent on the campus of Christian Brothers University.
Bio by Br. Robert Werle
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