H. Frank Carey Junior-Senior High School - H. Frank Carey

H. Frank Carey

H. Frank Carey was born 1897 in Laconia, NH. Frank graduated from high school as valedictorian and thereby gained the offer of a scholarship to Brown University. He was elected to the honorary fraternity of Phi Beta Kappa in his junior year and graduated with honors. Upon graduation in 1920, he was recruited by General Electric to work in cost control. In 1922, he married his childhood sweetheart with whom he had three daughters, Barbara, Alice and Eleanor. The family moved to Garden City South.

In 1932, he was employed at the Long Island Lighting Company, where he served as Assistant Controller until retirement in 1962. In the same year, he was elected to the Board of Education of Franklin Square where he continued to serve for 27 years. At times during that period, he was chosen to serve concurrently on the Sewanhaka High School Board of Education, where he served as president for 18 years. During his period of service, the school system was growing rapidly, adding five high schools. The Board of Education had asked each local community to determine a name for its high school. One evening the Board of Education heard a delegation from Franklin Square who announced that they represented 32 organizations in that community who were in unanimous agreement that their school should be named the H. Frank Carey High School.