Frank Froment ’31

Frank Livingston Froment died Sept. 13, 1997, at Basking Ridge, N.J. He was 88. He was born in NYC, and graduated from Hotchkiss in 1927.

In 1934 he married Elizabeth Cauldwell "Betty" McAlpin. He joined Schock & Squire Steel Corp. in 1938, and became its president. While living in NYC he was a member of Squadron A and the New York Guard. He joined the Army in 1943, and served in the European theater until 1945, when he retired as technical sergeant. Frank went into the sugar business, becoming president of Guantanamo Sugar Co., and moved with his family to Convent, N.J. In 1947 he became v.p and general manager of North American Sugar Industries. He retired in 1972. He and Betty had been longtime members of Blooming Grove Hunting and Fishing Club in Hawley, Pa., and served as its managers. Betty died Nov. 11, 1984.

Frank is survived by his sister, Jeanne Charlesworth, two daughters, Elizabeth Froment Brown and Jeanne Froment Tiedemann, and five grandchildren. The class extends its warm condolences to them.

The Class of 1931