Pest Management Professional, September 2010
Lynn Frank who serves as technical director for Smithtown N Y based Suburban Pest Management escorted Frishman back to SUNY Farmingdale under the guise that Frank had to speak briefly with the universitys John Brown Ph D a long time colleague of both Frank and Frishman Frank played his role perfectly Frishman couldnt have been more surprised or touched when he first saw his graduates gathered at SUNY Farmingdales Hale Hall Doc said I should be an Academy Award winning actor for the role I played in surprising him says Frank who for years served as Frishmans technical assistant for SUNY Farmingdales pest management night course Docs always reaching out to help others and encouraging us to give back too and thats exactly what were doing tonight Frank says What makes Doc such a special teacher is that everyone is so special to him Doc always finds time for others and he can relate to almost anyone Hes one of those rare ones father figure mentor and friend continued on next page Time Well Spent In 2006 he received the Mel Edelstein Award for Outstanding Service to Certified Pest Control Operators CPCO In 2007 Purdue University dedicated its 71st annual Purdue Pest Management Conference to him for his many decades of service to the industry and legendary technical talks On July 21 2010 a group of his former pest management technology students also known as Fishmanidae or Austins Alums returned to the State University of New York SUNY Farmingdale for one night to honor their teacher The students capped off the surprise gathering by breaking bread and announcing theyve worked with Pi Chi Omega to establish an urban pest management scholarship in his name More than 20000 has been contributed the goal is for a scholarship endowment topping 100000 In January 2011 despite stating 2007 was his last cold weather stand winter speaking appearance at the Purdue Pest Management Conference the Florida resident will return to West Lafayette Ind to stand and deliver again helping ensure Purdues 75th annual conference is a hit Circle 127 www mypmp net SEPTEMBER 2010 PEST MANAGEMENT PROFESSIONAL 35
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