Francis M. Clarke ’49

Frank died June 27, 2015, one month after his 87th birthday. The son of a physician, he had spent almost his entire life in New Jersey. Aside from his time at the Hill School and his medical-school years at Penn, he was a true New Jerseyan.

At Princeton, Frank majored in history, played golf, and was a member of Key and Seal. His medical training at Penn was interrupted by active duty in the Navy Medical Corps from 1952 to 1954, and he continued to serve in the Naval Reserve afterward, retiring in 1975 with the rank of captain.

His career brought him back to New Jersey, where he practiced general surgery for more than five decades, and was on staff at St. Peter’s University Hospital in New Brunswick. Frank chaired the department of general surgery for 30 years.

He married Barbara Louise Livezey in 1955 and they had three children, Elizabeth Anne, Frank III, and Peter. Barbara died in 2011, and Frank later married Carolyn Boykin, who survives him, with his children and six grandchildren. To all of them, we offer our deep condolences.