Jack Franke

Professor of Russian at the Defense Language Institute. Author or contributor of several titles in the Department of Defense. Wrote The Big Silver Book of Russian Verbs (McGraw-Hill, 2004), co-authored Streetwise Mandarin Chinese with MP3 Disc: Speak and Understand Everyday Mandarin Chinese (StreetwiseSeries) by Rongrong Liao, David Dai, Jack Franke (McGraw-Hill, 2008), Streetwise Russian with Audio CD: Speak and Understand Everyday Russian (StreetwiseSeries) (McGraw-Hill, upcoming 2009) . Enjoy travel, judo, weight lifting