- 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.