USD 249 Frontenac Schools Hall of Fame

Frank Villamaria

Inducted 2025

Frank Villamaria graduated from Frontenac High School with the Class of 1973, as Class

Historian. He was a three-year varsity letterman in football and baseball, and a two-year

letterman in basketball and track. In 1973, he was named First Team CNC Conference

Offensive Guard and recognized as Player of the Week by the Pittsburg Sun after the

Girard/Frontenac football game. He also demonstrated early leadership as Student Council

President and Senior Class Treasurer.

Frank graduated with honors from Pittsburg State University in 1977 and went on to earn his

Doctor of Medicine from the University of Kansas. Following Internship, Frank served on active

duty in the United States Navy as a Flight Surgeon. Following discharge from active duty he

went on to complete an Anesthesiology Residency and Cardiac Anesthesia Fellowship at the

Mayo Clinic.

Throughout his distinguished career, he has held numerous leadership positions at Baylor

Scott & White Health in Temple, Texas, including: Chief of Cardiac Anesthesia, Vice-Chair and

Chair of Anesthesiology, System Vice-Chair of Anesthesia, member of the Scott & White

Board of Directors, along with leadership roles in both the American Society of

Anesthesiologists and the Texas Medical Association. He is a Professor of Anesthesiology at

Baylor College of Medicine.

Frank continued his military service in the Navy Reserve, serving in Operation Desert Storm

and numerous other roles during his Navy career. He retired in 2022 with over 32 years of

military service as a Captain (0-6).

Frank has been honored with various awards including Outstanding Alumni from Frontenac

High School in 1990, Naval Reserve Flight Surgeon of the Year in 2016, Outstanding Anesthesia

Clinical Faculty Award in 2022, as well as both the Outstanding Young Alumnus in 2001 and

Meritorious Achievement Award in 2025 from Pittsburg State University.