Frank died March 27, 2014, in Schenectady, N.Y., his home since 1955.
Born in Hamburg, Germany, he fled with his mother in 1938 and settled in Cleveland, where he graduated from Cleveland Heights High School. At Princeton he was a member of Whig-Clio and vice president of Prospect Club his senior year.
Continuing his study of physics, Frank earned a master’s degree in science (1952) and a Ph. D. in experimental nuclear physics (1955) from the Carnegie Institute of Technology. He then moved to Schenectady to join the Knolls Atomic Power Lab. His work there involved the nuclear-physics data underlying the design of nuclear reactors for the Navy. He retired in 1999.
Frank was a strong patron of the arts and loved opera. He was a supporter of liberal causes, a volunteer mentor in the public schools, and an active member of the Union College Academy of Lifelong Learning. After retirement, he became an enthusiastic patron of Elder Hostels, both domestically and abroad.
Our condolences go to his wife, Rose; son Richard ’84; daughter Claire; two stepdaughters; and three grandchildren. His first wife, Marjorie, whom he married in 1952, predeceased him in 1997.