Frank Boyer Salisbury

Very sorry to hear that Frank had passed. He worked with my Dad (Cleon Ross) at CSU, wrote two books with him. He greatly respected him. Although he passed away October 2022 he always felt a great part of his career was spending time with Frank. I loved reading about his life.

As one of the Plant Science Student that still uses his plant physiology book I would like to offer my condolences. What a great man.

My thoughts are with Clark and Sharron and the rest of the family. I worked with Clark at LMC for many years and he must have received great guidance from Frank as Clark was a one of the good ones. Sorry for your loss.

To a generation of plant biology students, Frank is known for his best-selling textbook Plant Physiology, which he co-authored with Cleon Ross. This text went through 4 editions and captured the market from the first edition in 1969 to the 4th edition in 1992.
Frank maintained his keen mind until the end. The Plants, Soils, and Climate department at Utah State University will miss his keen intellect and vibrant spirit.

Frank was a very good friend who cared about the truth, and wasn't afraid to pursue it. He is in my thoughts and heart today, as I will be unable to attend his funeral service. May you all be comforted in your loss.

I first met Frank at a foundation to which he belonged, "Scientists Supporting Religion." I learned a great deal from him, not just from the books he wrote, but from his knowledgeable and forthright commentary during our meetings. His passing is a great loss to the foundation. I became quite fond of Frank and Helene. My wife, Marilynne, and I wish her well at this time of sadness and loss.

As a postdoc I was involved in Franks NASA-projects in 1969-1971. I remember him as a very inspiring plant physiologist and an always caring and helpfull friend of me and our young family.
Manfred Weidner and wife Johanna.

I offer my condolences to the Frank Salisbury family. With the passing of Frank, we have lost a great teacher in the world. I am sure I will not be able to recall at this moment all of the many things that I have learned from Frank Salisbury. I worked for him in the Plant Science Department from 1977 to 1980, and yet, to this day, I am still applying in my life things that I learned from him all those years ago. And, those lessons have proved to be so valuable. I have a great amount of gratitude for him. He taught me to grammarize the written page, as I transcribed his plant physiology text. He cultivated in me a love of plants through the opportunity to tend to his alpine plant experiments in the greenhouse (I've been very careful what I step on, since then, when I'm walking in terrain above tree line). He motivated a love of photography in me, both for landscapes and people, which led to my own photography business that lasted 13 years. I listened carefully to his opinions and explanations and, equally important, he listened to mine! He was a lifelong learner, and I so respected him for that. I have seen him pace his office as he dictated his plant physiology textbook. I would expect that there would require a considerable amount of editing from that process, however, his dictation was so fluid and organized that, most of the time, there was only a minimal amount of editing to do! That was so impressive. He dictated his entire textbook that way. And, many of the photos within the textbook were taken by him. I appreciated his approach to science and religion in his life. You were the father of a wonderful family! Thank you Frank for the life that you lived and shared. I will strive to always be a lifelong learner.

I offer my condolences to Frank's family and friends. Frank was an inspiration to me, a mentor, a colleague and a dear friend. He will be missed. The accompanying picture is of the Russian and US members of The "Greenhouse Team at Cape Kennedy. The occasion was the recovery of two sets of frozen wheat plants, which had grown in weightlessness for 123 days and 41 days aboard Space Station Mir in the SVET greenhouse (1997). The plants were returned to Earth from MIR aboard Space Shuttle Atlantis (STS-81 Mission). Frank was funded by NASA throughout most of his career. One of his personal goals was to evaluate the feasibility of growing crops in weightlessness as a food source for long-distance space travel. The funding and execution of this MIR-based experiment was a direct result of Frank's prior achievements and persistence. His smile reveals his passion for his work and his delight in achieving these important space-flight experiments. He stands just below the stars in the middle of the picture.

Frank, you lived a good and long life. Your scholarship has added much to man's scientific and spiritual knowledge. It was a great pleasure to have known you. May God bless you through the eternities. You were in every way a "gentleman and scholar."