Frank B. Rhodes ’53

Frank died suddenly, a day after he finished what he enjoyed doing most, playing a round of golf. His loving wife, Sandy, the former Sandra Sharp, said he died Dec. 2, 2012, from a ruptured aorta at the hospital near their Palm Coast, Fla., home.

Born in Atlanta, Frank moved with his parents to Pittsburgh and graduated from the Baldwin School. He served with the Army’s occupation forces in Japan from 1947 to 1948 and then graduated from The Hill School, where he excelled at golf. He starred four years at Princeton for coach Harry Kinnell and played with notables Arch Voris, Augie Johnson, Bill Ragland ’52, Joe Breneman, and Joe Sugar ’54. He won the Metropolitan Intercollegiate Golf Tournament in 1952 and captained the Princeton team in 1953. Majoring in history, Frank lived in Tiger Inn with Bill Tryon, Ted McClain, Fred Powell, Jack Newell, and Bob Jiranek ’52.

He owned and operated Choptank Distributing Co. in Easton, Md., until he retired in 1995 and moved to Florida.

In addition to his wife, Frank is survived by his son, Frank B. Jr.; stepchildren Wendy Carver, Kerry Corvino, Stacey Britt, and Arthur French; and 10 grandchildren. Farewell, Frank; you have taken the fairway to heaven.