Exploring The Skies

Frank was born in Lexington, VA and fell in love with the mountains at a very early age. Looking at the dark night sky and all the stars kindled an awe of their beauty and mystery. His parents bought his first telescope for Christmas one year when he was 14, a little 3-inch reflector and that reinforced his interest. At the age of 15 Frank started taking flying lessons which eventually turned into a very successful 36-year career as an airline pilot. During that time, he was and is a great lover of the national parks and the mountains visiting quite a few of them in his travels. He took a few college courses in Astronomy and Astrophysics and a lot of independent studying to learn about our universe. He was a great follower of our space program, watched all the launches of Mercury, Gemini and Apollo missions and always got the latest Life magazine as soon as it published pictures of the missions.

Frank has fallen in love with the beauty of our world, its wonder, its grandeur, its incredible power. He looks forward to sharing this with visitors to Shenandoah National Park and also looks forward to working in one of our great and beautiful places.