Fran died Feb. 24, 2014, in Houston, Texas.
He entered Princeton with the Class of ’47, but due to wartime acceleration, he was awarded an AA degree from Princeton and entered Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in 1944. He received a medical degree in 1948.
Fran did his residency of otolaryngology — head and neck surgery — at Johns Hopkins in 1955, having been made a fellow at the School of Medicine in 1950. In 1959 he earned a doctor of science degree from Johns Hopkins School of Public Health and Hygiene. While in medical school, Fran served in the Coast Guard Reserve, and from 1950 to 1952, he was a captain in the Medical Corps of the Air Force Reserve. He returned to practice medicine at Johns Hopkins until 1972, when he became chief of service for the department of otolaryngology and the director of the department of speech, language, and learning at Texas Children’s Hospital. He was also a professor in the department of otolaryngology at Baylor College of Medicine. In 1991, he became professor emeritus.
He is survived by sons Robert and Andrew; daughter Martha; two grandchildren; and his brother, Robert.