Lawrence Wright Frakes

Background

Frakes, Lawrence Wright was born on June 27, 1951 in Evanston, Illinois, United States. Son of Linden Maurice and Dorothy Maire (Wright) Frakes.

Education

Bachelor, Knox College, 1973. Master of Science, Boston University, 1981. Master of Business Administration, Florida Institute of Technology, Melbourne, 1984.

Career

Instructor instrumental music, Avon (Illinois) Community Unit School District, 1973-1974; second in command Lieutenant, United States Army, 1974; advanced through grades to captain, United States Army, 1978; retired, United States Army, 1983; training instructor logistics, United States Army Missile and Munitions School, Redstone Arsenal, Alabama, 1983-1985; logistics engineer, program analyst, Chemical Abstracts Service, Inc., Huntsville, Alabama, 1985-1994; president, Joshua's Garage, since 1994.

Achievements

• Lawrence Wright Frakes has been listed as a notable career officer, businessman by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Conductor Fort Knox Comty. Wind Ensemble, 1976-1978, Fanfare '77 Summer Music Theatre, Radcliff, Kentucky, 1977. Tenor section leader German-American Comty.

Choir of Frankfurt, Federal Republic Germany, 1980-1982. Tenor Huntsville Opera Theater, since 1986, soloist, 1989, 91, board directors, 1989-1994, Huntsville Comty. Chorus, since 1989, soloist, 1991-1994.

Choir director Baptist Church, 1989-1990. Member North Alabama Trail Riders Club (secretary-treasurer 1985-1988), Brown's Creek Sailing Club.

Interests

• Opera, classical music, sailing, off-road motorcycling.

Connections

Married Teresa Louise Kaelson, February 10, 1994. Children from previous marriage: Laurenna Eileen, Darla Lamay.

Father:

Linden Maurice Frakes

Mother:

Dorothy Maire (Wright) Frakes

Spouse:

Teresa Louise Kaelson