Frank M. Midgley ’61

Frank died Sept. 6, 2025, at home in Potomac, Md.

Born in Yonkers, N.Y., he came to us from Riverdale Country School. At Princeton, he was pre-med, majored in engineering, and took his meals at Cap and Gown. He roomed in the Cap Suite with ’61ers Rich Palmer, Rich Mandell, Doug Henley, and J.J. Keyser.

After Princeton Frank earned a medical degree at Albany Medical College, followed by nine years of surgical training at the University of Michigan and the Hospital for Sick Children in London, U.K. In 1974, he joined Children’s National Medical Center in Washington, D.C., to serve as chief of cardiovascular surgery for 28 years and later was executive director emeritus of the Center for Surgical Care. For three decades Frank and the teams he led helped transform surgical care for children with congenital heart defects. An avid runner, he competed in 28 marathons around the world.

Frank was predeceased by his son, Frank Jr. ’94; and his brother, Charles ’58. He is survived by his wife Sally; daughter Elizabeth; daughter-in-law Julie Simpson ’95; four stepchildren; nine grandchildren and step-grandchildren; and his first wife, Jan.