Memorial & Condolences

Memorial

Plans for a memorial service on campus will be announced at a later date.

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A gift in his memory

“Frank Rhodes epitomized academic excellence, championed scientific inquiry, and led Cornell University so naturally, optimistically and gracefully for nearly two decades that he set the standard by which all research university presidents can be measured. I will cherish the decades I spent working with him to further the university’s mission. My heart goes out to Rosa, their daughters, and to Frank’s extended loving family.”

— Ezra Cornell ’70, Cornell University’s life trustee and a direct descendant of university founder Ezra Cornell

Photo Gallery

President Frank H.T. Rhodes | Image Caption
Rhodes on the day of his inauguration, Nov. 10, 1977, with former presidents Dale R. Corson, James A. Perkins and Deane Waldo Malott.
President Frank H.T. Rhodes | Image Caption
Inauguration day, November 1977.
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Portrait of Rhodes, early in his presidency.
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Teaching a class.
President Frank H.T. Rhodes | Image Caption
Visiting a campus lab early in his presidency.
President Frank H.T. Rhodes | Image Caption
Commencement, 1982.
President Frank H.T. Rhodes | Image Caption
Teaching a class.
President Frank H.T. Rhodes | Image Caption
Delivering an address, 1984.
President Frank H.T. Rhodes | Image Caption
Visiting a campus lab early in his presidency.
President Frank H.T. Rhodes | Image Caption
President Frank H.T. Rhodes | Image Caption
With a group of Adelie penguins in Antarctica, 1988.
President Frank H.T. Rhodes | Image Caption
Outside Sage Chapel.
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With then-First Lady Hillary Clinton in November 1993.
President Frank H.T. Rhodes | Image Caption
At Dragon Day, 1993.
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With his wife Rosa Rhodes, 1994.
President Frank H.T. Rhodes | Image Caption
Consulting with Austin Kiplinger ’39, then-chairman of the Board of Trustees.
President Frank H.T. Rhodes | Image Caption
Rhodes and his wife, Rosa, speak with Nellie Corson, the widow of President Emeritus Dale Corson, in 2006.
President Frank H.T. Rhodes | Image Caption
At the 2017 SC Johnson College of Business Community Celebration.