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Frank L. Collins, Ph.D., of Denton died suddenly on Saturday, December 19 at the age of 58. Frank was Director of Training for the Clinical Health Psychology and Behavioral Medicine Doctoral Program in the Psychology Department at the University of North Texas. He held previous positions at Oklahoma State University, Rush Medical Center, and the University of West Virginia.
Throughout his career, he served in various leadership positions with national and state organizations that focus on training the next generation of psychologists, including President of the Council of University Director of Clinical Psychology, membership on the American Psychological Association’s Committee on Accreditation, and President of the Oklahoma Psychological Association. Frank was passionate about helping psychologists use and integrate the best scientific evidence in training, practice, and professional development. When not pouring his energies into his career, Frank was an avid collector of comic books, Starbuck’s location cups, and music…to name just a few (he even compiled a 66-artist collection of recordings of White Christmas).
Frank was born in Charlotte, North Carolina. Growing up in an Air Force family, Frank was a “base kid” in Florida, New Mexico, and Japan, before graduating from high school in Alexandria, Louisiana. He obtained bachelors and masters degrees in psychology from Northwestern Louisiana State University. Frank earned his Ph.D. in clinical psychology at his beloved alma mater, Auburn University.
Frank is survived by his wife, Jennifer Callahan, and her daughter Ali Dittloff of Denton, daughter Erin Collins currently at Emory University, parents Frank and Evelyn Collins of Gastonia, North Carolina, sister Charlene Helms and her husband Gary of Dallas, North Carolina, brother Dana Collins of Belmont, North Carolina, and sister Tammy Harvell and her husband Eric of Belmont, North Carolina, many nephews, nieces, and cousins, and finally the many students and colleagues whose lives Frank touched.
A memorial service was held on Tuesday, December 22, 4:00pm at the DeBerry Funeral Directors’ chapel, 2025 W. University, Denton. Frank was allergic to flowers, so in lieu of flowers, a donation to the Frank L. Collins Scholarship Fund may be made to the Department of Psychology at the University of North Texas.
