16 Buffalo Business Autumn 2026
By Keith Page
and their young daughter and son. There, he found
success as a stockbroker and financial adviser with UBS
PaineWebber, later known as UBS Financial Services.
He retired from the firm in 2002 as vice president of
investments.
Despite living on the other side of the country,
Clement never forgot his roots.
"I love Buffalo and I love UB. They have always held a
special place in my heart," he says.
That connection deepened in 1999 when he and
Marilyn returned to campus aer many years away. He
was invited to speak at an alumni event, where his stories
and business experience resonated with the audience,
including then-UB President William Greiner. They met
aerward and formed a close friendship.
"Following that visit, Marilyn and I became more
involved with the university," Clement says. "We began
organizing alumni events in Seattle, where there's a large
community of UB graduates."
In addition, Clement served on the board of directors
for the School of Management Alumni Association and
the Dean's Advisory Council.
A
chance encounter in what is now the University
at Buffalo's Abbott Library helped shape the
course of Frank Clement's life.
As a School of Management student, Clement, BS '66,
oen studied in the library with a friend who one day
arrived carrying a small, preserved pig wrapped in a
towel for a class dissection. The two began playfully
tossing it back and forth until Clement missed a catch.
The pig slipped free from the towel, rolled across the
tabletop and came to rest in front of a fellow student,
Marilyn Rooney.
"I went up to her and apologized, then asked if I could
buy her a cup of coffee to make up for it," Clement recalls.
"Six months later, we were married."
That unlikely moment marked the start of a 60-year
journey that has le a meaningful imprint on UB and its
students.
Never far from home
A native of Silver Creek, New York, Clement grad-
uated from UB in 1966. Aer beginning his career at
Eastman Kodak, he moved to Seattle in 1973 with Marilyn
Photo: Cory Parris Photography
Stepping Up
C E L E B R AT I N G T H O S E W H O M A K E A D I F F E R E N C E
ENDURING
CONNECTIONS
