Frank is a graduate of Nebraska Wesleyan University and the University of Nebraska College of  Medicine. He served two years with the Public Health Service in Talequah, Oklahoma, and then completed a residency in ophthalmology at Maryland General Hospital in Baltimore. He practiced ophthalmology  for 28 years in Emporia, Kansas, before retiring and moving to Naples in 2000.

Frank began playing clarinet in 6^th grade and continued through high school. While working in Kansas, he played intermittently with a community summer band.  After moving to Naples, he resumed playing on a regular basis and joined the Naples Concert Band and the  Naples Music Club. He is a past president of both organizations and is pleased to rejoin the Naples Music Club Board  after previously serving two three-year terms.