Francis Patrick Kennedy ’29

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Frank died May 10, 1998, in Granville, Ohio, which had been his residence for 64 years. He prepared for college at Newman School. At Princeton he roomed with Hipp Hipple. He was on the wrestling team and belonged to Terrace Club. He attended Harvard Business School until 1931.

Frank was chair and president of Newark Trust Co., president of Arcade Realty, and a director of Newark Savings and Loan. In Newark he was the first president of the Joint Chamber of Commerce. He belonged to Edward the Confessor Catholic Church.

He married Phyllis Damschroder in 1930. Their children, who survive, are Francis Patrick III '54 and James Michael. The class extends sincere sympathy to Frank's family.

The Class of 1929

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