Frank Simione Jr. retired from ATCC (American Type Culture Collection), a bioscience industry non-profit biological resource center located in Manassas, Virginia. During his 42-year career, 25 as a senior manager, he published numerous technical papers, review articles, manuals, and book chapters. Frank’s interest in the Civil War spans more than half a century. His first book was Transformation of an Icon: ATCC and the New Business Model for Science.