Born and raised in Bell Buckle, Tenn., he prepared at the Webb School. At Princeton, he worked with the manager of student employment and was on the Student Executive Committee and assistant manager of Arbor Inn. His roommates were John Leslie, Bob Ringland, and Sam Couch.
After graduating from New York Law School in 1938, Frank was employed for 40 years by Standard & Poor’s/McGraw Hill as an oil-securities analyst. A member of the New York Society of Security Analysts and its president in 1959, he was an avid chess player and a longtime member of the Princeton Club of New York.
Frank was a philosopher and poet at heart. During retirement he devoted his life to his two greatest passions, literature and poetry, especially favoring Shakespeare, Keats, Shelley, and Byron. During his last years he showed great courage in the face of declining health. He will be remembered as a gentleman and a spirited fighter.
He is survived by Ursula, his wife of 48 years; daughters Thea, Suzanne, and Janet; son James; seven grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren. In their hearts he will live forever.