Happy Birthday Founder George Wesley Edmonds!

 

George W. Edmonds, witty in nature and an enigma to most in the Fraternity, was born in Knight Township, Vandenburgh County, Indiana, on August 13, 1890.

He attended the Carver Elementary School and Clark High School in nearby Evansville, Indiana, and enrolled at Indiana University in the fall of 1910. He joined nine other students in founding Kappa Alpha Nu Fraternity. Founder Edmonds was listed as the Corresponding Secretary in the articles of incorporation of the Grand Chapter of Kappa Alpha Nu. He was one of the three freshmen, along with Asher and Blakemore, who were the first initiates of the Alpha of Kappa Alpha Nu.

After Edmonds returned home for the summer of 1911, he worked with the area coal mines and the railroad of Vanderburgh County. Edmonds married Willa Mae Forte and settled in Stevenson, Indiana. They became the parents of one son, Noel. Founder Edmonds died on June 13, 1962.

Founder Edward G. Irvin requested fraternity members locate Edmonds. His family members were contacted, and his burial site was rediscovered in 1978. The fraternity subsequently dedicated a marker in his honor.

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Kevin Scott
Grand Historian