Francis Andrew Ambrose ’39

Frank died Oct. 10, 2006, at his home in Lincoln Park, N.J.

After graduating from Temple University Medical School, Frank settled in Paterson, N.J. He served as a major in the Army Medical Surgery Corps in Germany during World War II, then returned to Paterson and started his own practice. His entire medical career was spent there except for 1969 and 1970, when he moved to Long Beach, Calif. There he was medical director for the southern division of Southern California Edison Co. After a year, he and his family became homesick and returned to New Jersey. He retired from his practice there in 1984.

He and his wife, the former Shirley Rusk, whom he married in 1951, loved to travel.

Frank recalled his Princeton days as a growing-up experience he enjoyed more than any other four years of his life. When Jack Kennedy was elected president, Frank sent him his Freshman Herald and asked Kennedy to autograph it, which he did. Kennedy also sent along a nice note.

Frank was preceded in death by Shirley as well as by their daughter Blanche. He is survived by his sons, Michael and Daniel; his daughters, Mary, Lorraine, and Celia; and six grandchildren. We offer them our sincere sympathy.