[3] John Frank Elsass was born on March 3, 1913, in Waynesburg, Ohio.

[1] Elsass stayed with the band through the 1940 season,[2] serving as a reliable assistant cornet soloist to Del Staigers, David Rosebrook and Leonard B. Smith (Musician), as well as a member of the famed Goldman Band cornet trio "The Three Aces".

In 1941, Frank Elsass accepted a position as a brass instructor at San Jose State College.

[4] In 1948 he accepted a position as professor of trumpet and cornet and conductor of the symphonic band at the University of Texas at Austin[4] where he remained through 1978.

American Bandmasters Association 1966 Frank Elsass died of a rare and little known disease at the age of 67 on January 1, 1981.