Alec C. Frost
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Frost, Alec Calhoun. April 11, 1932 (Torrington, CT) - October 8, 2020 (Tunbridge, VT). Son of Folger Weston Frost and Lou Calhoun Frost. Brother of Peter and John (Denny).
Alec grew up in Cornwall, CT, and was a graduate of Housatonic Valley Regional High School in Falls Village, CT. He majored in English Literature at Colgate University (Phi Beta Kappa, 1954) and then served in the US Army from 1954-56. After a short stint in advertising, Alec attended Columbia University's School of Architecture, winning upon graduation a six-month fellowship to travel through Great Britain and Scandinavia, studying housing and the new towns.
Alec worked for the architectural firm of Pedersen and Tilney in New Haven, and for Moore & Salsbury Architects in West Hartford and Avon, CT, where he became partner; he eventually established his own solo practice. His focus was broad, ranging from private to public architecture, and his projects included the Farmington Library, major additions to the New Britain Museum, Newington Children's Hospital, and the Norfolk Library, and work for Kent, Ethel Walker, and other preparatory schools in Connecticut.
Alec married Nan Huber in Sharon, CT, in 1963, and they raised their family in Harwinton; his retirement years were spent in Cornwall, CT, and Tunbridge, VT. Almost every summer of his life included time at the family camp in the Adirondacks.
Alec served on the planning commission for Harwinton and on the library boards there and in Cornwall. It is hard to imagine him without a camera in his hand, and his photographs of barns and old houses were used for calendars that benefitted the Cornwall and Tunbridge historical societies in which he was active.
In addition to Nan, Alec leaves his three children?Ruth Frost and Ben Nilson (Kelowna, BC); Matthew and Amy Frost (Tunbridge, VT); and Adam and Andrea Frost (New Salem, MA)? as well as eight grandchildren and a large extended family.
Donations in his memory may be made to the libraries of Cornwall or Tunbridge. A celebration of Alec's life will be held at a later date.
A private message of sympathy for the family can be shared at www.boardway andcilley.com. The Boardway and Cilley Funeral Home, Chelsea, VT is in charge of arrangements.