Frank W. Budd '59 P'85,'86 died on July 5, 2011, after a sudden illness at Newton Medical Center in Newton, New Jersey. The Duluth, Minnesota, man was seventy-seven.
Frank was a biology major. He joined Delta Kappa Epsilon. He graduated from the Indiana University School of Medicine in 1960.
Frank, a physician, served his internship at Cincinnati General Hospital, where he met his wife of forty-nine years, Laura Stock. He then spent twenty years in the U.S. Navy, including an orthopedic residency at the U.S. Naval Hospital in Portsmouth, Virginia. He also spent a residency in children's orthopedics at Kernan Hospital in Baltimore. He served with the Third Medical Battalion, Third Marine Division, at a field hospital in Vietnam in 1968. Frank then moved to Yokosuka, Japan, where he worked at the U.S. Naval Hospital for three years. He returned to the United States for a fellowship in reconstructive hip and knee surgery at Harvard Medical School and New England Baptist Hospital in Boston. He served in the U.S. Naval Reserves until his military retirement as a Navy captain in 1992.
He joined the Duluth Clinic in 1992 and established orthopedic surgery at Miller-Dwan Hospital. He started a private practice and joined Orthopaedic Associates in 1983, retiring in 1999. Along the way, Frank served as chief of orthopedic surgery at Miller-Dwan Hospital, chief of staff at Miller-Dwan Medical Center, chief of orthopedic surgery at St. Luke's Hospital, and associate professor of orthopedic surgery at the University of Minnesota Medical School in Duluth.
Many civic organizations benefited from Frank's involvement, and he served on the boards of directors of the United Way of Greater Duluth, Sheltered Workshop, St. Luke's Foundation, and Minnesota Veterans Homes, among others. Frank enjoyed time and travel with his family, golf, fishing, sailing, and canoeing.
He was survived by his wife; daughters Marianne Zanetakos 1985, Christine Melone '86, and Cynthia Hill; and six grandchildren. Donations in his memory may be sent to St. Paul's Episcopal Church, 1710 East Superior Street, Duluth, Minnesota 55812; Kitchi Gammi Club Foundation, 831 East Superior Street Duluth, Minnesota, 55802; or Veterans Assistance, 5209 Ramsey Street, Duluth, Minnesota, 55807.