Dr. Frank Allende was born in 1918 in Spain, and took his medical degree at the University of Paris in 1942.  He escaped from occupied France where his mother and stepfather were murdered while trying to escape to Spain.  He interned at New York City Hospital in 1943-1944 and served in the Army as Captain in 1945 to 1947.  He started Dermatology Residency under Dr. Chester North Frazier at the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston in 1947-1948, and became a Resident in Dermatology at UCSF in 1948-1949.  He was a Clinical Professor of Dermatology at UCSF.

Frank was a very talented artist, specializing in beautiful landscapes in acrylic.  It was always a pleasure to be invited to his home to meet some foreign dignitary and to have dinner with Frank, the Guest, and Frank's lovely wife, Cathy.

Frank served as President of the Pacific Dermatologic Association when it met in Guadalajara, a happy circumstance since he was so fluent in Spanish. At the meeting, he served as interpreter:  After a particularly long-winded discussion by a Mexican professor, Frank summed up by saying "he says no." 

Frank took a keen interest in departmental affairs at UCSF, and asked me if there could be developed  an active research program to be carried out by the Residents, with faculty assistance.  As Chairman, I put him in charge of this, but it was not possible, because we did not have research academicians or other facilities at that time.