Frank S. Dibrell ’25

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FRANK DIBRELL was born in Little Rock, July 13, 1903. He came to us from Exeter, and was a member of the track squad, Speakers Council, polity club, and Terrace Club. After Harvard Law School, he obtained an M.B.A. from N.Y.U. and joined Chemical Bank, where he served as a trust officer and attorney for many years. He was a member of the American Bar Assn. and was active 'in the Princeton Club of New York.

He served as a captain in WWII. He was a member of the American Ordinance Assn., American Society of Military Engineers, and the Central Assn. of Science and Math Teachers. He was an Episcopalian.

His niece Dana Dibrell Thomas writes, "Uncle Frank was the last member of his father's family. Appreciation for a lifetime toO caring for his family can't be put in a few words. He dedicated many years, at considerable sacrifice to himself, to his mother, a brother, and a sister. His two brothersEdwin '17 and Sterling '21predeceased him, as did his sister Estelle at whose funeral several years ago he suffered a stroke that required him to enter Hill House Nursing Home, where he lived until his death Nov. 13, 1991. He is survived by me and three great niecesSusan Glazier, Dana Lee Thomas and Elizabeth Thomas, a greatgreatniece and a greatgreatnephew.

The Class of 1925

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