Statewide County HI Archives Biographies.....Midkiff, Frank Elbert November 15, 1887 - 
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Source: The Story of Hawaii and Its Builders. Published by the Honolulu Star Bulletin Ltd., Territory of Hawaii, 1925.
Author: Edited by George F. Nellist

FRANK ELBERT MIDKIFF, Educator. Frank E. Midkiff, president of the Kamehameha 
Schools, one of the largest and most important educational institutions in the 
Territory of Hawaii, first came to the islands in August, 1913, as an 
instructor at Oahu College and to take charge of athletics at that institution.
  He remained with the faculty of Oahu College until June, 1918, when he 
entered the army for service during the World War, and upon his honorable 
discharge in Aug., 1919, joined the firm of Lewers & Cooke, Ltd.
  In May, 1923, Mr. Midkiff was induced to accept his present position, where 
he has a wide field of service as the executive head of an educational plant 
which is dedicated to shaping the future of Hawaiian boys and girls. He was 
invited to become superintendent of the department of public instruction, 
Territory of Hawaii, in 1923, but declined.
  Born at Anna, Ill., Nov. 15, 1887, the son of James Jesse and Bertha 
(Wilson) Midkiff, Mr. Midkiff was educated in the public schools and obtained 
his A.B. degree from Colgate University in 1912. Before coming to Hawaii he 
was principal of the Lewistown (Ill.) High School, 1908-10; spent some time at 
the Kimberly Gold Mines, Jardine, Montana, and was instructor of English and 
coached the baseball and football teams at Peddie Institute, Hightstown, N.J., 
for one year.
  Mr. Midkiff is keenly interested in the educational and athletic work of the 
Y.M.C.A., and is recording secretary and a director of the Honolulu board, and 
chairman of the central department’s committee of management. He is a member 
of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity, a Mason and Knight Templar. His clubs are the 
University, Oahu Country, Public Questions, Social Science, Rotary and 
Automobile. He married Ruth Richards, June 29, 1917. They have a son, Robert 
Richards Midkiff, and they lost a little daughter, Mary Wilson Midkiff, when 
she was three years old.


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