Frank Woodward ’65

Frank died Feb. 8, 2018, after a long illness.

Frank was born Jan. 20, 1944, and grew up in Palm Beach, Fla. He attended Culver Military Academy from eighth grade through high school and graduated cum laude. At Princeton he majored in politics and took his meals at Charter Club. He roomed with Peter Delacorte ’67 his junior and senior years. He entered Princeton with the Class of 1965, took a leave after his sophomore year — spending much of that time in Mexico — and graduated with the Class of 1966.

Frank is remembered for his wide-ranging intellect, his great and often surprising sense of humor, and his broad spectrum of interests. His reading material on a given day might range from a Zen Buddhist text, to The Realist, to the latest Marvel comic, with equal enthusiasm for all three. His senior thesis, written with the approval of the politics department, was “Notes Toward an Assessment of Psychedelics and Political Attitudes.”

He is survived by his sister, Helen Searle, and his brother, Warren Woodward. A memorial service will be held this summer.