Frank Wade George

Background

George, Frank Wade was born on August 22, 1918 in Austin, Texas, United States. Son of Frank Wade and Rosa Scott (Slaughter) W.

Education

Student, Texas School Fine Arts, 1936-1941; student, Mexico City College, 1947; BJ, University Texas, 1948.

Career

Office manager Texas School Fine Arts, 1936-1941. Manager Austin Symphony Orchestra, 1946-1948, Erie (Pennsylvania) Philharmonic Orchestra, 1948-1949, Birmingham (Alabama) Symphony Orchestra, 1949-1950, Alabama Pops Orchestra, Birmingham, 1955-1962, Town and Gown Theatre, Birmingham, 1962-1965. Public relations officer First National Bank Birmingham, Alabama, 1950—1980.

President Birmingham Opera Company, 1973-1975. Owner Books! By George, Birmingham, since 1981. Co-founder Margo George Fashion Productions, 1951, Hanna Antiques, 1981.

Participant Antiquarian Book Seminar, University Denver, 1986. With United States Air Force, 1941-1945.

Achievements

• Frank Wade George has been listed as a noteworthy Small business owner, antiquarian book dealer by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

President Rockwood Plantation Condominium Association, since 2001. Treasurer Greater Birmingham Arts Alliance, 1971—1975, Birmingham Opera Guild, 1971—1974, Southern Regional Opera, 1981—1984. Trustee Birmingham Symphony Association, 1973—1975.

Chairman artist hospitality Arts Hall of Fame, 1974. Judge national council auditions Metropolitan Opera Association, 1981. Docent Birmingham Museum Art, 1980—1982.

Member Gideons International (president 1980-1983), Allegro Museum Club (vice president 1993-1994), Alabama Symphonic Association (director speakers bureau 1995), Rockwood Plantation Condominium Association (president since 2001).

Interests

• Avocations: lay preaching, public speaking, reading, writing, traveling.

Connections

Married Marjorie Ann Miller, December 27, 1948 (divorced January 1955). Children; Frank Wade III, Gregory Scott, Barbara Lee. Married Martha Jeanne Wagner, February 8, 1964 (deceased 1996).

Married Wenona Thoma, 1996.

Father:

Frank Wade W.

Mother:

Rosa Scott (Slaughter) W.

Spouse:

Martha Jeanne Wagner

Spouse:

Marjorie Ann Miller

Spouse:

Wenona Thoma