FRANK R. ROMANOW, 98, a retired Bell Labs engineer, died Saturday, July 29, 2006, at his daughter's home in Neptune, New Jersey. Frank was born on March 21, 1908 in Paris, France. He moved to the United States in 1926 with his parents, Frank and Johanna Romanow. Frank received his Mechanical Engineer degree, cum Laude, and his Master of Mechanical Engineering degrees from Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute. He had completed his course work and was working on his thesis for his Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering at Columbia University when his studies were interrupted by the outbreak of World War II. Frank began his 42 year career at Bell Labs in 1930. He worked in Manhattan, Murray Hill and Holmdel and retired in 1972 as Vice President and head of the electroacoustics department. While working at Bell Labs, Frank was granted 10 patents covering microphones, hearing aids and telephone equipment, including the Speakerphone and the Touch-Tone dialing system. During World War II, he worked with the Navy Department developing antisubmarine warfare systems. He was a Fellow of the American Acoustical Society and published numerous engineering and technical papers. Frank was a Telephone Pioneer. After his retirement, Frank moved from Colts Neck, to Cape Cod, Mass., residing in Falmouth and later in Yarmouthport. He moved back to New Jersey two years ago. An avid bridge and tennis player, Frank was a founder and past President of the Summit (New Jersey) Tennis Club. He was predeceased in 2003 by Frances P. Romanow, his wife of 66 years, and by his son, F. Frederick Romanow, Jr., of Belfast, Maine. He is survived by his daughter, Virginia R. Hundley, and her husband, James, of Neptune; his daughter-in-law, Sharon Leigh Romanow, of Belfast Maine; four grandchildren, James, Todd and Katherine Hundley, of Neptune, and Michael Scott Romanow of Lafayette, Louisiana; and a niece, Karen Chorches, of Falmouth, Massachusetts. A memorial service was scheduled for Friday morning, August 4, 2006, at 11:00 at the Ocean Grove Memorial Home, 118 Main Avenue, Ocean Grove, New Jersey. The family requests that in lieu of flowers, donations be made to the Gadd-Romanow Foundation, 150 Cedar Street, Belfast, Maine 04915, a foundation organized by Frank's late son Fred to provide financial assistance to children with diabetes, or to the Central Jersey Visiting Nurse Association.