Frank H. Davis Jr. ’57

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Frank died June 15, 2012, at age 76.

He graduated from Milton Academy, where he was captain of the hockey and track teams. At Princeton he majored in psychology and joined Cap and Gown. He also played hockey. From 1952 to 1954 he served in the Marine Corps. He returned to Princeton to graduate in 1960.

Frank did not keep in touch with the class, but we do know that he married Mary Hesse in 1961. His lifelong career was in advertising, including at J. Walter Thompson and Young & Rubicam in New York, Denver, and Detroit. His prime responsibility was Ford Motor Co.

In 1969 he married Deborah Bothome. He especially enjoyed living in the Grosse Point area and met his beloved partner, Katherine Torrant, there. He was an avid outdoorsman, sailor, skier, and ice skater in Maine, Lake Champlain, and Traverse County.

To his daughters Maya, Andrea, and Ashley; son Franklin; and his grandchildren, the class sends its condolences.

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