Frank Edward Lowe

Frank Edward Lowe (September 20, 1885 – December 27, 1968) was a trusted advisor to US President Harry Truman during the Korean War. Lowe acted as President Harry Truman's "eyes and ears" in Korea. At the onset of the war in 1950, Truman asked the 65-year-old general to come out of retirement to be his personal representative. The two-star general traveled Korea with a presidential letter that authorized him to "go where he chose, read what he wanted, and report what he pleased."

Early life Frank E. Lowe was born in Springfield, Massachusetts, on September 20, 1885 to George Lowe and Mary Jackson. He graduated from Worcester South High School in 1904. He graduated from the Worcester Polytechnic Institute in Worcester, Massachusetts in 1908 with a bachelor of science degree in mechanical engineering. He played football and baseball for the college. In 1911 Lowe married Rachel Lowell, a botanist and plant collector with a special interest in ferns. From 1908 to 1917, he worked as a self-employed mining engineer consultant, ran a construction company, and was a consultant in the oil fields of southwestern United States and central Mexico.

The article includes a story that gives insight into the man Lowe was, "In the evacuation of Hungnam, Lowe came out in the last wave. There he saw a soldier accidentally shot in the foot by a careless machine gunner. Aware that the G.I. might be accused of shooting himself in the classic method of avoiding combat, General Lowe bustled up. “My name is Frank Lowe,” said he. “If anybody ever questions your story of how you got shot, tell him General Lowe saw it and go ask him what happened.”

Rachel Lowell Lowe died on March 28, 1978 in West Paris Maine. She is buried with her husband.