- BIOGRAPHY Adrian Paul Winkel, High Commissioner ,. Trust ‘Territory of the Pacific Islands. Born April 19, 1915, in Breckenridge, Minnesota; son of John Philip and Catherine Ann (Schott) Winkel. Married Isobel Frances Browne, September 4+, 1941; six children. Education Summary, Collegeville, B. A. Minnesota; Degree 1937, St. "John! s University, attended Graduate School, University of Notre Dame, South Bend, Indiana. L941- 12, Career Summary: ‘Appointed High Commissioner of the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands by President Carter in April, 1977; confirmed by the U.S. Senate in May, 1977. Staff Consultant, Committee on Interior & Insular Affairs, U.S. House of Representatives, 1973-77. Administrative Assistant to Congressman Phillip Burton, U.S. House of Representatives, 1971-73. Regional Director, U.S. Post Office Department, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 1961-69. Commissioner of Public Works, City of St. Paul, Minnesota, 1957-60. Assistant Commissioner of Taxation, State of Minnesota, 1955-57. Administrative Assistant to Congressman Eugene J. McCarthy, U.S. House of Representatives, 1949-55. Instructor, St. Thomas College 1947-49. Instructor, Marquette University High School, 1943-47. Instructor, St. John's University Prep School, 1937-41.