Background
Abate, Frank Robert was born on June 10, 1951 in Detroit, Michigan, United States. Son of Frank Michael and Cecelia Abate.
Abate, Frank Robert was born on June 10, 1951 in Detroit, Michigan, United States. Son of Frank Michael and Cecelia Abate.
HAB, Xavier University, 1973. Master of Arts, Ohio State University, 1975. Doctor of Philosophy, Ohio State University, 1978.
Assistant professor classics Department, University Massachusetts, Amherst, 1978-1980; manufacturing program administrator, Kollmorgen Corporation, Northampton, Massachusetts, 1980-1982; editor, Laurence Urdang Inc., Essex, Connecticut, 1982-1986; managing editor, Business & Legal Reports, Madison, Connecticut, 1986-1989; director, vice president Dictionaries Group, Omnigraphics Inc., Old Saybrook, Connecticut, 1989-1992; president, owner, Dictionary & Reference Specialists, Old Saybrook, Connecticut, 1992-1996; editor-in-chief, United States Dictionaries, University of Oxford Press, since 1996.
President Old Saybrook Little League, 1995-1996. Member Dictionary Society of N. American (Executive Board 1993-1995), European Association for Lexicography, American Name Society, American Dialect Society.
Married Christine Ann Kelley June 20, 1981. Children: Alexandra, Gregory, Philip.