Gerry Frank, a longtime Oregon political advisor and chocolate cake aficionado, died this Sunday at the age of 98.
Known primarily for his career as Senator Mark Hatfield’s chief of staff and familial ties to the Meier & Frank department store chain, Frank was also an enthusiast of all things Oregon, sharing his statewide food and beverage picks in a recurring Oregonian travel column and guide book, Gerry Frank’s Oregon. He was also known for loving pastries, owning the celebrated Salem bakery Gerry Frank’s Konditorei and judging the Oregon State Fair’s chocolate layer cake contest (named for him).
Frank was born in Portland in 1923, the great-grandson
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