Frank ZZ Nurthern
1994-10-21
Brother Francis T. “Frank” Nurthern did not attend Cathedral Latin School, but he was named the Alumni Man of the Year in 1966. That was because of the high regard graduates had for the former teacher and administrator.
The honors came even higher in 1983, when alumni gave him the “Our Man of the Year Award; for All Years, Past and Present.”
“He was the essence of the Cathedral Latin Alumni Association,” said Jim Hyland of University Heights, the association’s treasurer.
Brother Frank lived in recent months at the Marianist Community’s St. Leonard Center in Centerville, Ohio He died Tuesday in Dayton. He was 86.
Brother Frank was born in Philadelphia. He graduated from West Philadelphia Catholic High School in 1927. He joined the Society of Mary religious order five years later. Brother Frank received a bachelor’s degree from the University of Dayton in 1935 and a master’s degree from Western Reserve University in 1950.
Brother Frank was trained to teach physical science, mathematics and English. He was a teacher at Cathedral Latin School from 1935 to 1938, then taught for a year in San Juan, Puerto Rico. He returned to Cleveland and served as assistant principal of Cathedral Latin from 1939 to 1946.
Brother Frank moved to Mount St. John in Dayton where he served as master of scholastic ate, working brother candidates and principal of postulants until 1955. For the next five years, he was director of postulants at Marcy in Beacon, N.Y.
Brother Frank served as the business manager of St. Joseph High School in Cleveland from 1965 to 1971, then returned to Cathedral Latin as assistant financial director. In 1979 and 1980, he was the development director at St. Joseph.
Brother Frank was active in the Marianist Family of Mary, the Marianist League of Cleveland and the Marianist LIFE Teen Program.
He also served as the Cathedral Latin School Alumni Association moderator since 1977.
Brother Frank lived with the Marianist Community in Cleveland after he retired. He moved to Centerville earlier this year.
Brother Frank is survived by sisters, Gertrude Sprague and Mildred McGarvey, both of Philadelphia.
Services were at St. William Catholic Church in Euclid yesterday.
The honors came even higher in 1983, when alumni gave him the “Our Man of the Year Award; for All Years, Past and Present.”
“He was the essence of the Cathedral Latin Alumni Association,” said Jim Hyland of University Heights, the association’s treasurer.
Brother Frank lived in recent months at the Marianist Community’s St. Leonard Center in Centerville, Ohio He died Tuesday in Dayton. He was 86.
Brother Frank was born in Philadelphia. He graduated from West Philadelphia Catholic High School in 1927. He joined the Society of Mary religious order five years later. Brother Frank received a bachelor’s degree from the University of Dayton in 1935 and a master’s degree from Western Reserve University in 1950.
Brother Frank was trained to teach physical science, mathematics and English. He was a teacher at Cathedral Latin School from 1935 to 1938, then taught for a year in San Juan, Puerto Rico. He returned to Cleveland and served as assistant principal of Cathedral Latin from 1939 to 1946.
Brother Frank moved to Mount St. John in Dayton where he served as master of scholastic ate, working brother candidates and principal of postulants until 1955. For the next five years, he was director of postulants at Marcy in Beacon, N.Y.
Brother Frank served as the business manager of St. Joseph High School in Cleveland from 1965 to 1971, then returned to Cathedral Latin as assistant financial director. In 1979 and 1980, he was the development director at St. Joseph.
Brother Frank was active in the Marianist Family of Mary, the Marianist League of Cleveland and the Marianist LIFE Teen Program.
He also served as the Cathedral Latin School Alumni Association moderator since 1977.
Brother Frank lived with the Marianist Community in Cleveland after he retired. He moved to Centerville earlier this year.
Brother Frank is survived by sisters, Gertrude Sprague and Mildred McGarvey, both of Philadelphia.
Services were at St. William Catholic Church in Euclid yesterday.