Tuesday, January 5, 2016
Fran was my father's close colleague, working with him most of their lives on their favorite subject: educating our populace. She established a scholarship in his name at New York State University, College at Brockport, upon his death, a gift for which I will be forever grateful. In the last several years of her life, Fran re-established contact with me, through Eunice Chesnut, and sent me so many wonderful photos that she had in her possession of Dad and me, and his students, and my Campus School classmates. It was her suggestion to John Halstead, the then President of the College at that time, that I speak at the 175th anniversary of the Campus School -- a reunion held July 2011 -- which I did. She spent many wonderful times with my family and was a behind-the-scenes supervisor of all the teachers who ever taught me in the Campus School. Such a kind, thoughtful, intelligent, and classy lady, who graced everyone and everything she contacted.
