Franklin E. Court

To Frank's family, I am one of the Arboretum's naturalists and Frank was a special friend. We shared a love of history, exploration, and quirky stories. Everyone here will miss his knowledge, and how he loved chatting with visitors about what a special place the Arboretum is -- and we ALL made use of his wonderful book. I know I speak for many when I say how we will miss him. Deepest sympathy to you.

As an Arb naturalist, I always looked forward to seeing Frank as I arrived and departed from the visitor center. He shared stories, chuckles, and musings...always a highlight of my weekends there. With condolances. I will miss him.

To Abbie, Colin and Jennifer and your families, my thoughts and prayers go out to all of you on the passing of your husband and father, Frank. He will be missed by many and left a wonderful legacy in his family and his career and passion.

Dr. Court was one of my favorite English professors at NIU and I took several classes with him. He also served as my senior honors thesis adviser. He was a tremendous educator who shared his love of literature and language with wit and without taking himself too seriously - even if we disagreed on whether Jane Eyre or Wuthering Heights was the better book. My thought and prayers are with his family.

Frank was my favorite professor all through graduate school. He was engaging, challenging, extremely knowledgeable, encouraging, and at times, daunting. He was also my dissertation director, and he stuck with me through countless delays and difficulties. We stayed in touch through the years, though sporadically for the last few. I had a decades-long rewarding teaching career, thanks in no small part to Frank.