Francis Seyfarth ’36

Frank died Apr. 30, 1999, of Parkinson's disease, after a long illness. He was 85. Until he was no longer able, he worked with support groups helping others so afflicted.

He prepared at the Fieldston School in NYC. At Princeton he majored in mechanical engineering. His first job was with Ingersol Rand for two years. In 1938 he started a long association with the U. of Illinois at Urbana. There, Frank earned his MS in 1942 and was named a full professor in 1953. He retired in 1975. A highlight of his career occurred during 1960-62, when he was a member of the U. of Illinois nine-member team that helped establish a graduate and teaching program at the Indian Institute of Technology in Kharagpur, West Bengal, India.

During WWII, Frank spent three and a half years in the Navy, rising in rank from ensign to lieutenant in ordnance and transportation in Washington, D.C., Norfolk, Va., and the Philippines. He was a member of the U.S. Naval Institute and the American Society of Mechanical Engineers.

Frank is survived by his wife, Jean, daughters Marion S. Erwin and Elizabeth S. Black, brother Robert '36, and two grandchildren. A loyal Princetonian, Frank will indeed be remembered.

The Class of 1936