Frank R. Romano age 94, son of Dominic and Maria (Stendardo) Romano died May 18, 2007.

He is survived by his wife Jeanne, sons Thomas, Richard, and his wife Maxine, of Ambler, stepchildren and spouses Nancy Jeanne Rosenberg, Alexandria, Va., Mary Ellen and Joseph Frompovich, Maple Glen, Charles C. and Joanne Hanes, Finksburg, Md. and Brian A. and Michele Hanes, Chalfont, nine grandchildren and two great grandchildren, his brothers John of Ambler and Joseph Romano of Penllyn and sister Mary Roberto of Ambler.

He received his B.S. and M. S. Degrees from Penn State in 1937 and 1940 in Environmental Biochemistry, making Phi Lambda Epsilon national chemistry honorary fraternity.

From 1941 to 1947 he was an Naval chemist during which time he published papers on the biological breakdown of organic military materials in the South Pacific, receiving letters of commendation from the Commandant of the 4 ^th Naval District.

In 1947 he founded and directed Ambler Laboratories until 1990 during which time he was involved with discussions on analysis of herbicides and Pesticides for UNICEF in Geneva, Switzerland, and was consultant for "Health Waters of the World", representing them in Switzerland, Italy and France for these countries water companies. He pioneered the formulation of testing parameters using the Evening Bulletin plane in 1952.

He was a political activist marching with Dr. Martin Luther King in 1967 and ran for U.S. Congress in opposition to the Vietnam War and the Nuclear reactor being built at Limerick. His 3 decades of political activism inevitably let him to the bi-monthly Montgomery County Commissioner's meetings where he became a regularly recognized expert on many environmental issues.

Elected Chairman of the Philadelphia Section of the American Institute of Chemists for the years 1974 and 1975 he is also a member of the American Chemical Society. Chairman of the Montgomery County Air and Water Pollution Patrol and of the Senor Doctor of Chemistry Appellation Committee (SDC).

His hobbies were horse back riding - including riding with the Gwynedd Valley Hunt, flying his own airplane based at Wings Field, and the study of languages. He has a copyright on the re-arrangement of letters in the Russian alphabet to make it easier for American travelers to understand and was writing a book called "Short-Cut Russian".

Relatives and  friends are invited to call on Monday, May 21st, 2007 after 9:30 AM at St. Joseph’s Church Main & Poplar Sts. Ambler and to his Funeral Mass at 10:00 AM. Interment will be private. In lieu of flowers memorial donations to Abington Memorial Hospital Hospice, 2510 Maryland Rd., Suite 250, Willow Grove, PA  19090-0520 would be appreciated.