George Frein died on Oct. 4 2023 in his Fort Worth home, at the age of 91. George was born in St. Louis MO, Oct. 2, 1932. He was ordained as a Catholic priest in 1958. He ministered in parishes, taught in Catholic high schools, and completed a master’s degree in European history in the St. Louis area, before entering graduate school in theological studies at Catholic University. He left the priesthood in 1968 and joined the Religion Department at the University of North Dakota where he taught for 29 years. After retiring in 1997, he moved to Greenville, SC where he founded the Greenville Chautauqua Society in which he was active until moving to Fort Worth Texas in 2012. George continued to work with Humanities North Dakota on Chautauqua programming until his death.
The Greenville Chautauqua Society, who for 24 years has been bringing history to life through nationally recognized historical interpreters at FREE performing arts events, has appointed Lara Kaufmann as Executive Director.