Frank Henry Rath Jr. ’64

Frank Henry Rath Jr. ’64 died on September 15, 2012. Following in the footsteps of his father, Frank Rath Sr. ’30, he came to Dartmouth from Garden City High School in New York City, where he was on the football and track teams, in the glee club and worked on the yearbook. At Dartmouth he joined Army ROTC, participated in the mountain and winter warfare activities, majored in psychology and graduated Phi Beta Kappa. He was commissioned in the U.S. Army as a second lieutenant. He served in Vietnam as member of an advisory team to the army of the Republic of Vietnam. He was awarded the Combat Infantryman Badge, the Bronze Star and the Army Commendation Medal. After completing a Ph.D. in psychology at the University of North Carolina, he served as a diplomate in clinical psychology in the Army. He retired from active duty after 23 years of service. He continued working as a clinical psychologist in private practice and with the departments of State and Defense. He also served as a teaching consultant to Walter Reed Army Medical Center and was clinical associate professor at the University of Maryland Medical School. In his later years he completed a master’s in European history at George Washington University, sailed across the Atlantic with three others in a small sailboat and returned to Vietnam twice to reconnect with some of his Vietnamese colleagues. He is survived by his wife, Joyce, brother John, sister Linda, sons Frank and Eric and five grandchildren.