Frank B. Silvestro, MA ’68, BA ’62

After serving in the Navy, Buffalo native Frank Silvestro, MA ’68, BA ’62, graduated summa cum laude from UB while working at the Cornell Aeronautical Laboratory. During his studies, he benefitted from the financial assistance of a local foundation. That help inspired him to create this fund, which he hopes will, in its turn, inspire its recipients one day to create such funds of their own for UB students. Silvestro is one of the four founding partners of Ecology and Environment, a publicly traded global environmental consulting business. Recognizing that the study of physics is a rigor that appeals to relatively few, Silvestro, who described himself as always interested in the application of scientific reasoning to everyday endeavors, offers this assistance to encourage those with a passion for the discipline.