Frank Luther Driver III ’51

Frank died of malignant melanoma Dec. 15, 1995. He had been chairman and president of Driver Harris Co., a wire and cable manufacturer, but retired in 1994. The company, based in Harrison, N.J., was founded byhis grandfather and great-uncle in 1899.

Frank graduated cum laude from Montclair Academy. At Princeton he majored in mechanical engineering and was a member of Campus Club, Triangle Club, and the Yacht Club. He roomed with Marty Ill, Dick Williams, Charlie Burkelman, Andy Neely, Lou Emanuel, Bill Coale, Earle Helton, and Bill Davis.

Frank headed a major maker of specialty wire and cable products, and his avocations were volunteering and sailing. Tennyson's poem "Crossing the Bar" could well have been written about Frank, a latter-day skipper: "Sunset and evening star, and one clear call for me! And may there be no moaning of the bar, When I put out to sea . . . For tho' from out our bourne of Time and Place The flood may bear me far, I hope to see my Pilot face to face When I have crost the bar."

Frank is survived by his wife, Corinne; his mother, Louise; his daughter, Jean; his sons, Frank L. IV, Timothy, and Andrew; and three grandchildren. We extend our sympathy to all of them on the passing of a selfless man committed to caring for his community.

The Class of 1951