Frank D. Kineke ’50

Frank died of heart failure in Hyannis, Mass., on April 15, 2002. He was 75. He was born in Irvington, N.J., and graduated from Columbia HS in Maplewood, N.J.

Frank was a Navy veteran, serving during WWII as an aviation cadet before attending Princeton, and later during the Korean War as a line officer (ensign) on the USS Adirondack. At Princeton he was a math major, a member of the swim team, and belonged to Charter Club. He spent summers working as a lifeguard on the Jersey Shore, where he met his wife of 50 years, Joan Amberg.

In his first professional career Frank worked as treasurer for General Electric Credit Corp., as corporate controller for Condec, and as treasurer for ITT Grinell. In 1985 he and his wife became year-round Cape Cod residents, where Frank started his second career, building sailboats for Nauset Marine in Orleans, Mass.

Frank was a devoted husband and loving father, who appreciated the beauty of Cape Cod and enjoyed swimming, sailing, and windsurfing. Our sympathy goes to his wife, Joan; his two sons, Stephen '75 and Paul; his four daughters, Elise, Jane, Gail '83, and Kathryn; and seven grandchildren.

The Class of 1950