30 Years Under the Beam: Bethlehem Steel Exposed. As told by those who worked there
Born in 1946 and raised in South Bethlehem, Frank attended local schools and graduated from Penn State in 2000 with a BS in Business Administration.Drafted in 1965, Frank joined the US Navy and returned to work as a scarfer at the plant in 1972. Both of his great grandfathers Valent Ulicny (Wiley) and John Sabol were Blast Furnace men; his grandfather William Wiley worked in Central Tool Treatment; his father Frank E. Behum worked in the Alloy Division as a scarfer. Inspired by Thomas Petro Sr., Frank became a union advocate and the only man ever to become an officer and grievance committeeman in two locals of the United Steelworkers of America (2598, 2599).Frank currently resides in Lower Saucon Township with his wife Nancy. They raised three children and are proud grandparents to two grandchildren.