Frank Wolf has given four decades to college teaching and the development and administration of educational programs. He taught and directed study abroad programs at Drew University from 1967 to 1979, leaving to become Associate Dean of the School of General Studies at Columbia University. Frank was appointed the Acting Dean of the School of General Studies from 1992 to 1994 and in 1995 was appointed Dean of the Division of Special Programs at Columbia with responsibility for non-degree and non-credit programs as well as the Summer Session, the Summer Program for High School Students, the American Language Program, and Columbia’s study-abroad programs. In 2002 he was appointed founding Dean of the School of Continuing Education where he presided over the creation of eight master’s programs in applied professional fields.

A New York native, Frank earned the B.A. in political science from Williams College magna cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa; the B.A. (Oxon.) in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics from Worcester College, Oxford; and the Ph.D. in political science from Columbia University. Wolf is currently Dean Emeritus of the School of Continuing Education at Columbia, and serves as a member of the Board of Directors of Urban Pathways, an agency serving homeless people in Manhattan.