He was the fourth of nine children.

His mother died when he was 12 years old.

•Foreman at Kimberley Gold Mine. Jardine, Montana. In charge of running ore through Huntington Mill - 1907

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1905 - 1908

Age: 18 - 21

•Stonnington High School, Illinois)
•Shurtleff Academy and College, Upper Alton, Illinois

•Principal. Teacher of physics, chemistry, biology, agriculture. Coach of sports teams. Lewistown High School, Lewistown, Illinois. (between his junior and senior year at Colgate to earn college tuition) 1908 - 10

•Teacher of chemistry, biology and Robert’s Rules of Order at Colgate Academy - 1911-12

1913 - 1918

Age: 26 - 29

O'AHU COLLEGE (PUNAHOU SCHOOL)

•Teacher of English, mathematics, physiography, parliamentary law.
•Athletic director for boys. 5 football championships.
•Coach of football, basketball, baseball and track
•Head of the boys’ dormitory. Rice Hall

•First lieutenant in the Hawai'i National Guard.

•An organizer of the first company of Americans of Japanese ancestry in Hawai'i, Company “D.”

•Coach and captain of the championship Hawai'i National Guard football team.

•Member, U.S. Loyalty Review Board

1917

Age: 30

•Married Ruth Richards on June 29, 1917.

•Ruth was the daughter of Theodore Richards, a principal of Kamehameha Schools from 1893-1898.

•The Midkiff children are Mary Wilson, Robert Richards, and Frances Elizabeth.

1918 - 1919

•Captain of Infantry. Regimental Adjutant, U.S. Army. World War I

•Officer in Charge of the Fourth Officers’ Training School. Schofield Barracks, Territory of Hawai'i

•Captain of “M” Company of Americans of Filipino ancestry

•Post Adjutant after the Armistice of World War I.

•Chairman, Territory of Hawaii Full Employment Commission to 1923

•Member, Pacific War Memorial Commission. President, 1918-28

•Honorable discharge from the U.S. Army in August

• “The Great War for Civilization, U.S. Army, WWI” medal recipient

•Co-founder and charter member of the American Legion, Post No. 1

•Chairman of the Department of Hawai'i Americanization Committee to aide the formation of the Society of American Citizens of Japanese ancestry

• Neighbor island representative for Lewer & Cooke, Ltd. until 1923

•Chairman of the First Charter Revision Commission for the City of Honolulu.

1923 - 1934

Age: 36 - 47

• President of The Kamehameha Schools

• Trustee of Bishop Memorial Church of The Kamehameha Schools

• Member of the Territorial Board of Health for seven years.

•Lobbied the Territorial legislature for passage of a law requiring infant immunization against diphtheria after the death of his 3 year old daughter, Mary

• Benefactor of American Samoa, an honorary degree from Francoise M.D. Barstow and William Barstow

 • President, Barstow Foundation for American Samoans.

1932

Age: 45

• Organizer of the first Community Association of Hawai‘i at Waialua

• Founder and Director of the Community Associations of Hawai‘i (1934-40)

• Life Member of the Board of Trustees for the Community Associations in Hawai'i since 1958.

• President of the Institute of Pacific Relations, Hawai‘i Council. 

• Chairman of the Committee on New Industries

• Director, Officer, President (1935-45). Chamber of Commerce of Honolulu. 

• Ph.D. in Education from Yale University

• Trustee and former President of the Board of the Bernice P. Bishop Museum. Honorary trustee of the Bernice P. Bishop Museum in 1975.

• Life Member of the Bernice P. Bishop Museum.

• Trustee of the Charles R. Bishop Trust.

• Chairman of the Military Affairs Committee (the renewed activity of the Navy League in Hawai‘i

• Chairman of the Civilian Affairs Committee

• Founder of the Pacific War Memorial Commission. Honolulu Chamber of Commerce.

• President of the Honolulu Chamber of Commerce

• Founder of the Kokua Council

• Chairman of the Public Health Advisory Committee

• Secretary of the Territory of Hawai‘i ’s Post War Planning Commission

• Member of the Territory of Hawai‘i Full Employment Commission until 1948

• Trustee of Kuakini Hospital.
--Chairman of the Kuakini Hospital’s first fund drive

• Chairman of Kuakini Hospital’s Building and Grounds Committee

1947

Age: 60

• U.S. High Commissioner of the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands by President Dwight D. Eisenhower

1953 - 1954

Ages: 66, 67

• Knight of Dannebrog. Decorated by King Frederick IX of Denmark (May 28, 1958)

• Member and Director of the Downtown Improvement Association

• Member and director of the O'ahu Development Council

• Executive committee member of the O'ahu Development Council in 1967

1963

Age: 76

• Life Member of the Association of the U.S. Army, Washington D.C.

• Honorary Chairman of the Army Advisory Committee

• Member of the Civilian Advisory Group, U.S. Army

•Member of the U.S. Air Force Association

•Life Member award. The American Forestry Association.

• Guardian of Berlin's Freedom. U.S. Army Berlin Brigade.

1971

Age: 84

•Contributor. Century Club and President’s Council. Punahou School

• Member, Presidents' Council, Colgate University until 1983

•Member, Executive Committee Oahu Development Council until 1983

•Honorary Member of the Hawaiian Civic Club of Honolulu

•Trustee emeritus of the Bishop Museum

• Alumni Award for Distinguished Service to Colgate. Colgate University Alumni Corporation

• Certificate of Achievement. Kamehameha Schools Alumni Association

• Co-founder and first President of the Japan-American Society of Honolulu (President emeritus in 1977)

• Joint Schools award. "TO / FRANK E. MIDKIFF / ON THE OCCASION OF HIS BIRTHDAY / IN THE BICENTENNIAL YEAR / 1976 / FROM HIS FELLOW TRUSTEES OF / PUNAHOU SCHOOL / and / THE KAMEHAMEHA SCHOOLS / B. P. BISHOP ESTATE / NOVEMBER 15, 1976

1977

Age: 90

1981

Age: 94

Member, The Outdoor Circle.
Member, Defense Orientation Conference Association.
Member and Eagle Scout Sponsor, Aloha Council, Boy Scouts of America.
Century Club and Charter Member, Honolulu YMCA.
Century Club, Armed Services YMCA.
Chairman, Management Committee, Central Branch YMCA.
Member, Big Brothers.
Mason, Knight Templar.

Central Union Church
Pacific Club
O'ahu Country Club
Outrigger Canoe Club
Waialae Country Club
Hawaiian Civic Club (Honorary)

Aloha to Frank E. Midkiff

Honolulu, Hawai'i

August 7, 1983

Age: 95