\"Trust Territory Pacific Islands\" Frank Midkiff Hand Written Letter From 1953 For Sale

Up for sale a RARE!  "Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands" Frank E Midkiff Hand Written Letter Dated Midkiff (November

15, 1887 – August 7, 1983) was an American educator and civic leader. He served as High Commissioner of the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands from

March 13, 1953 to September 1, 1954. Midkiff was born in Anna, Illinois. He served as principal of Lewistown High School in Lewistown, Illinois from

1908 to 1910. He then worked at the Kimberly Gold Mines, Jardine, Montana before taking a position as instructor

of English and coach for baseball and football at Peddie Institute, Hightstown, New Jersey. Midkiff graduated from Colgate University in

1912. He went on to teach English and head the athletics at Oahu College in 1913. He served in the United States Army during World War I from 1918 to 1919. After his honorable

discharge, he joined the firm of Lewers & Cooke, Ltd. He served as

President of Kamehameha Schools from

1923 to 1934. He

earned his Ph.D. in Education from Yale University in 1935. He served as Acting President,

Honolulu Chamber of Commerce. He was appointed by President Dwight D. Eisenhower to

the position of High Commissioner of the Trust Territory of the Pacific

Islands. Midkiff

died in Honolulu, Hawai'i on

August 7, 1983. The Frank E. Midkiff Learning Center at Kamehameha Schools was

named in his honor in 1977.