December 1, 2016

• Updates to University Heights website:

• Updated U-Heights Residents in the News Page
• Dr. Frank Kohout Obituary
• Dr. Frank Kohout, 78, died at his home in University Heights, Iowa, on Tuesday, November 22, 2016.
  
  A celebration of his life will be announced later.
  
  Frank was born in Euclid, Ohio on January 26, 1938 to Frank and Lucy Kohout. He attended The Ohio State University for two years. He played football during the early days of Woody Hayes and had the dubious distinction of being NFL great Jim Parker’s blocking dummy. After taking some time off, Frank transferred to and graduated from John Carroll University in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1963 with a Bachelor of Science in Sociology. To further his studies, he moved to Case Western Reserve University and earned a Master’s degree in 1965 and a Doctor of Philosophy in Sociology in 1970. While studying at Case Western, Frank held various positions from research assistant to lecturer. He met and married Margaret “Margie” Fuller on August 18, 1962. Their first daughter, Linda, was born in late December 1965.
  
  In 1969, Frank accepted a position at the University of Iowa in the Department of Sociology as a lecturer and became an associate professor upon successfully defending his dissertation. Frank, Margie, and Linda moved to Iowa City just prior to the birth of his second daughter, Susan, in October 1969. In September 1972 Frank was promoted to Assistant Professor. While part of the department, he hosted many prospective football recruits. Eventually, Frank served on the University of Iowa Board in Control of Athletics for several years and chaired from 1981-2. During his tenure, the Board hired Hayden Fry.
  In 1973 Frank began his association with the health sciences with an appointment in the Department of Family Practice in the College of Medicine. He was Director of the Center for Research in Interpersonal Behavior from 1970 to 1980. Frank was highly sought after for his grant writing and research skills. He consulted in the areas of social psychology, research methodology and applied statistics, medical sociology and gerontology, consumer behavior, and the sociology of science and technology. His collaboration with faculty throughout the university resulted in numerous research publications.
  
  
  Frank was author or co-author of 53 refereed papers. He was also the author of two books, 11 chapters in books, and 47 abstracts. In 1975 he co-authored three chapters in “Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS)” which has been a standard for statistical analysis.
  
  In 1981 Frank accepted a position as an Associate Professor in the College of Dentistry. He was promoted to full professor in 1988. Frank taught statistics to the residents and graduate students using his textbook “Statistics for Social Sciences” which he first published in 1974. At the College of Dentistry Frank played a significant role on many successful grants to the National Institutes for Dental Research (NIDR). He coordinated the statistical core that was pivotal in getting the grants funded. Frank retired from the University of Iowa in 2000.
  
  Outside the University, Frank was a member of the American Sociological Association, the Midwest Sociological Society, the Society for the Study of Social Problems, and the Society for the Study of Symbolic Interaction. He was also a member of the American and International Association of Dental Research. Frank was a member of Rotary International for several years.
  
  Frank was a very sociable person. He and Margie hosted football and basketball parties at their home in University Heights that were legendary for their excellent food, drinks, and hospitality. Frank was a wonderful raconteur and knowledgeable on many topics.
  
  Frank was devastated when Margie died in 1999. They enjoyed travelling to Southern Italy and Greece together. Through these trips, he discovered a passion for studying ancient cultures leading to an unofficial association with the Classics Department at the University of Iowa. During one of his later archeological tours in Egypt and Greece, he met second wife, Nancy Barnes. The couple later divorced.
  
  Frank was immensely proud of his daughters Linda and Susan. Susan lived in Chicago for 20 years and recently returned to Iowa City to help Frank whose health was deteriorating. Linda currently lives in Austin, Texas. Frank will be missed by his daughters and other family members including his sister Joan Tiernan and brother John Kohout of the Cleveland, Ohio area and Margie’s sister and brother-in-law, Ginny and Bob Istnick, of Frankfort, Michigan.
  
  In lieu of flowers memorial donations may be made to the University of Iowa Classics Department.