In Memoriam: Frank McCormack

Posted on August 05, 2019

Francis (Frank) McCormack died July 2.  Dr. McCormack came to UNCG in 1967 to teach in the Department of Physics and Astronomy. He was previously in the U.S. Army, where his rank was captain; he worked in the U.S. Ballistics Research Laboratory at the Aberdeen Proving Ground in Aberdeen, Md. His area of research was the kinetic theory of gases.

He served as chair of his department and was instrumental in working with Dr. Eloise Lewis when the School of Nursing school began and physics was a required course. After 40 years at UNCG, Dr. McCormack retired in 2007.

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