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Frank Kiple

  • Class
    1931
  • Induction
    1980
  • Sport(s)
Frank Kiple graduated from Upper Iowa University in 1931 and received his M.A. from the University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA in 1941. While at UIU, he received four letters each in basketball, football and baseball.

Upon graduation, he taught and coached at Fairbank, IA and Jesup, IA until 1939. From 1939 until 1943, he was the County Superintendent for Buchanan County Schools in Independence, IA.

He was the Director of RAF Ground School, Miami, Oklahoma from 1945 to 1946, and Director of Training at Spartan School of Aeronautics in Tulsa, Okla.

Frank was with Ginn and Co. from 1947 until 1962, the last eleven years as a Sales Manager of their Midwest Office.

Frank retired in 1973, but is active in many activities, his is Chairman of Planning and Zoning Commission in Kimberling City, Missouri; Score Counselor and past President of Banson, Missouri Chapter; Past President of the Stone County, MO, Shrine Club; and a member of the Executive Committee, Univted Methodist Church in Kimberling City, MO.
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