J. Frank Remley III ’66

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Frank died Sept. 21, 2019, from complications of acute diabetes.

Frank grew up in Lancaster, Pa., where he was a standout football and baseball star for McCaskey High School. He entered Princeton with the Class of 1963, lettered in football and baseball in 1961-62, and joined our class after a three-year leave during which he served in the Army Reserves and worked for an engineering firm. He was an engineering major and member of Tiger Inn.

After Princeton Frank earned a master’s in engineering degree at Stanford. He moved to Boston, where he met his future wife, Cheryl Ekirch. The couple resided on the North Shore of Massachusetts, first in Newburyport, then in Newbury. Frank built a successful career as a transportation management consultant, whose consulting services were sought by governmental units around the world. He retired from PricewaterhouseCoopers as a partner in 2003.

In retirement, Frank served as a volunteer member of the Town of Newbury’s finance committee. He loved Newbury, landscaping, and raising Springer Spaniels.

Frank is survived by Cheryl; son Jake ’95; daughter Anne; and grandsons Will and Jay. The class extends its heartfelt condolences to them all.

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