Loyola School, Jamshedpur

A Profile of Mr. Rao - The First Registrar of Loyola

Wednesday, 14 March 2007

Ready for Work: Mr. Rao on his Excelsior motorbike in 1957

Mr. A. L. Narayana Rao, [Ayalasomayajula Lakshmi Narayana Rao], popularly known as Mr. Rao, was not only my male parent, but my hockey coach, my scout master, my English teacher and finally my honorable colleague in Loyola. Very few individuals in this World are lucky enough to have such unique grandeur as I have!

It was he, who played against me and taught me field hockey, from my boyhood days. People used say, "Rustom and Sohrab are on the field". It became my favorite game thus! He was a great Tennis player too. He was known for his powerful backhand drive! I had gone on several Scout camps with him, as a Boy Scout of Board High School, Yellamanchili, of which he was the Head Master for 35 years. There, he introduced many games, including Cricket and Baseball. He handled English for the students of VI th. Form [equivalent to the Xth Standard in Loyola] and I was lucky enough to be his student in 1947.

The Early Life of Fr. Hess

Father Hess was born on 10 October, 1919 in Bayonne, New Jersey to David and Julia Hess. His Father, was a self-made civil engineer and a consultant to JP Morgan. David Hess was also a close friend of Mr. Rayens, the Chairman of AT&T and in the good old days, the young George Hess would visit the estate of Mr. Rayens on Long Island with his parents. It was this privileged lifestyle that Father Hess gave up to make the journey to Bihar as a Jesuit in 1952.