By Staff

May 18, 2026: Arthur Corwin ("Corky") and Randy Frost were selected as Grand Marshals for Bronxville's 2026 Memorial Day Parade.  This is truly fitting, as Corky and Randy are longtime members of the Bronxville community and have contributed greatly over the years.

Corky is a 3rd-generation Bronxvillian. His grandparents, Arthur F. Corwin and Claudia Thomas Corwin, moved to Rockledge Road in 1915 and then to Tanglewylde Avenue in Bronxville in 1917.

His Grandfather Corwin was a friend of Harry Leslie Walker, who lived in Bronxville. Harry Walker designed the Reformed Church, Bronxville School (original building), Bronxville Library, and many Bronxville houses.  

Corky was born in the original Lawrence Hospital in 1934. He attended the Sarah Lawrence Nursery School and the Bronxville School K-10, before heading off to Phillips Exeter Academy and then Princeton University. He will be celebrating his 70th Reunion at Princeton this year.  He says that the "P-rade," which is Princeton's special parade for graduates, will be a good dress rehearsal for the Bronxville Memorial Day parade.

In 1957, Corky and Randy met at a party in New York City but really got to know each other at the Rhode Island School of Design, where Corky studied architecture, and Randy studied graphic design.

Corky proposed to Randy on her 21st birthday at the 21 Club in NYC. They married in 1959 and, after spending two years in Brooklyn Heights, moved to Bronxville in 1961. They had four children and still live in a wonderful historic "coach house" on the Hilltop that they purchased in 1961. Corky commented that "living on the Hilltop between Sunset and Paradise is heavenly.”

Corky's professional life has been in architecture, including 20 years spent upgrading, replacing, and building schools in New York and New Jersey. He retired at age 85, as COVID hit.

Over the years, the Frosts have made important contributions to the Bronxville community.  Perhaps their most significant contribution was founding the Eliza Corwin Frost Child Center of Christ Church in 1973. This Center is named after their child, Eliza, who sadly died of a rare blood disease at age 3. The Center began as a play group and evolved into the School it is today. Randy notes that many friends were instrumental in the School's founding.

Over the years, Corky has contributed to the Bronxville community by serving on numerous Boards and Committees. He was President of the Bronxville Field Club from 1993-96, Chairman of the Bronxville Lighting Committee in the 1980s, Chairman of the Bronxville Planning Board from 1990 - 2004, and President of the Lawrence Park Hilltop Association in 1975. He also served as President of the Westchester Arts Council, as it was then known, in 1974-75.

Randy, a talented painter and quiltmaker, has also lent her prodigious artistic talents to the community, including teaching after-school painting classes to Bronxville students for many years and teaching quilt-making for ArtsWestchester and at several NYC arts agencies. She has also been involved in Christ Church's women's group and in a local club for women whose members write and present papers on a wide variety of topics.

About being named Grand Marshals, Corky said, "We are truly honored. We love this community and look forward to being part of this special Bronxville tradition."  

Corky and Randy are special people who care about their community and, over many years, have given their time and talents to so many people in Bronxville and the surrounding areas. 

We congratulate them on this special recognition and are delighted that they will be such a big part of Bronxville's always special Memorial Day parade.