Frank McDowell Parker Jr. ’36

Frank, a longtime resident of Lewistown, Pa., died June 24, 1999, at a nursing home in Mifflintown, Pa. He prepared at the Kiski School. At Princeton he majored in philosophy and was a member of Elm Club.

Prior to his teaching career Frank was an auditor for the Pennsylvania Dept. of Highways.

During WWII, he served four years as a Navy communications officer in the Pacific theater. He ended his active duty as a lieutenant.

He began his teaching career in 1958 and taught French and Latin in high schools in Pennsylvania, New York, and New Jersey. He also taught those subjects at the Hun School in Princeton until he retired in 1978.

Frank was a Mason and a former v.p. of the Retired Teachers Assn. of Mifflin County, Pa. He was active in his local Cancer Society, was an avid reader, hunter, and enjoyed occasional trips to Europe.

He is survived by sisters Jane S. Woods and Mary E. Sommers, and brothers Andrew J. '34 and Ralph S. He was preceded in death by a sister, Margaret McMeen.

Frank will be remembered by his friends of the class.

The Class of 1936