Background
Yost, Frank Albert was born on November 25, 1902 in Louisville. Son of Frank Kavanaugh and Nell Morton (Bottomley) Yost.
flour milling company executive
Yost, Frank Albert was born on November 25, 1902 in Louisville. Son of Frank Kavanaugh and Nell Morton (Bottomley) Yost.
Bachelor of Business Administration cum laude, Emory University, 1925. Doctor of Humane Letters, Kentucky Wesleyan College, 1969.
President, manager Hopkinsville (Kentucky) Milling Company, since 1925, also Chairman board, chief executive officer. Board directors (emeritus) First City Bank and Trust Company.
Trustee Kentucky Wesleyan College, 1951-1988, Methodist Evangelical Hospital, Louisville. Active Hopkinsville 1st United Methodist Church, since 1935. Delegate Methodist World Conference, 1966-1971, United Methodist Juridictional Conference, 1964.
Member committee 100 Emory University, 1972-1986. Chairman Sewerage and Water Works Commmn., 1962-1970, Hopkinsville School Board Education, 1950-1965. Board directors Hopkinsville American Red Cross, 1945-1951, chairman 1945-1946.
Board directors Hopkinsville Mental Health Board, 1952-1960, chairman 1952-1956. Board directors United Givers Fund. Board directors Kentucky Mental Health Association, since 1953, president 1953-1955.
Member Governor's Ad Hoc Committee Education, 1965-1966, Boston Museum Fine Arts, Christian County History Society, Athenaeum Society. Member Millers National Federation (chairman 1954-1956, executive committee 1954-1988), National Soft Wheat Millers Association (board directors, chairman 1947-1948), American Corn Millers Federation (board directors, chairman 1961-1963), Kentucky Millers Association (board directors), Hopkinsville Chamber of Commerce, Associate Industries Kentucky Clubs: Filson, Hopkinsville Hunting and Fishing. Lodges: Rotary.
Married Ruth Kasey, October 31, 1931. Children: Elizabeth Ritchey, Anne Wickliffe Yost Harper, Frances Lavinia Yost Knight.