Michael Frank

I first met Doc. Frank at NIH in 1977. I was one of his research patients, but he made it clear from our first meeting that he was more of a Friend than my Doc. Today after years of research we have 7 meds available for my condition, mostly due to his desire to find a cure in Hereditary Angioedema.
I met another patient at NIH who shared the same rare condition and we decided to marry. Doc. Frank became a Father figure during that time and tried to educate me in the path I was choosing....

I first met Doc. Frank at NIH in 1977. I was one of his research patients, but he made it clear from our first meeting that he was more of a Friend than my Doc. Today after years of research we have 7 meds available for my condition, mostly due to his desire to find a cure in Hereditary Angioedema.
I met another patient at NIH who shared the same rare condition and we decided to marry. Doc. Frank became a Father figure during that time and tried to educate me in the path I was choosing....

Abby, Steven, Robert,
What a wonderful man your father was! I first met your parents 25+ years ago when they visited Boston for a class reunion. We loved having them stay with us and we have a couple of beautiful pottery bowls that we cherish.
My husband, Al Levin, and I visited with him in May. He was one day out of rehab But in good spirits, funny and delightful. He was still working on that paper, which he finished while we were there. He was so good at so many things. On one...

I met Mike in September 1956 when we started medical school together. We became roommates and lifelong friends. His intelligence, sense of humor, curiosity and kindness remained constant until the end.

He came home one day from taking sailing lessons on the Charles River and said: "I met a really nice woman today. I'm going to see her again." The woman was Ruth and he did indeed see her again . . . and again . . . and again.

An example of his sense of humor: When he was...