Kenneth E. Frantz ’49

Kenneth Frantz died Jan. 31, 2013, in Wayland, Mass.

Ken was born March 5, 1927, in Detroit and graduated from Grosse Pointe High School. He served in the Navy from April 1945 to June 1946, briefly attended the University
of Mississippi, and then transferred to Princeton. He majored in psychology and belonged to Tiger Inn.

Ken attended Stanford Graduate School of Business and earned a doctorate in business administration from Harvard Business School. He taught at Boston College School of Management until 1975, then worked for SRI International, and finally for John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Co. as a department head for retail-market research and competitive analysis. He loved his work and enjoyed learning.

He married Martha Ann McCray Dec. 21, 1949. She survives him, as do their children, Barbara Frantz Comin and Paul J. Frantz. Our sympathy is extended to these loved ones.