Rabbi Frankel's friend and successor, Dr. Abram L. Sachar, came to Champaign-Urbana in 1923.
By the time of his tragic and untimely death in 1929 at age 30, Rabbi Frankel had helped establish chapters at University of Wisconsin, The Ohio State University, University of Michigan, University of Southern California, and Cornell University, as well as the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.