Frank Safford at Latin American and Caribbean Studies Program events wearing a helmet, a reflective vest, and ankle straps after having locked his bike on a rack nearby was a common sight. It did not matter if it was too windy, a little rainy, or almost dark out. His loyalty to one of the programs that he helped build at Northwestern University was lasting, enthusiastic, and resolute. That was Frank in life and at work.
Author of some of the most influential scholarship on nineteenth-century Colombian and Latin American history, Safford passed away on June 16, 2022, leaving behind an enduring legacy. Born in El Paso, Texas, on June 4, 1935, Frank soon became Pancho, after one of his caretakers, a Mexican woman, affectionately christened him with the name when he was a baby, and his family embraced the Spanish moniker. After finishing high school, Safford began his studies at...
