Frank G. Denig ’59

Frank died in Connecticut on Sept. 1, 2001, of multiple myeloma. A native of NYC, Frank majored in history at Princeton, took meals at Terrace Club, played freshman baseball and football, swam varsity, and served on the Orange Key schools and scholarship committee. In later years Frank served as a schools committee member.

Frank worked for many years for the Schindler Elevator Corp. of Morristown, N.J., as vice president for information systems. In 1997 he took a position with Yale as executive director of procurement. His management style and warm personality had an immediate impact, leading to a major reorganization of the procurement system and introduction of innovative processes. Even after learning of his illness Frank continued to focus his energies on his job. Frank wrote in our 35th-reunion yearbook: "To die the way a leaf dies, robed in brilliance, with quiet spiraling grace." Those words were prophetic, for that was the way Frank faced death.

Frank is survived by his wife, Dolores; his son, Christopher; his sister, Joyce; and his mother, Frieda, to all of whom the class extends its heartfelt sympathies.

The Class of 1959