Frank Russell Jump (March 16, 1895 – April 18, 2000) was Mayor of Wichita, Kansas, serving from 1952–1953. Born in Illinois, Jump's family moved to Kansas, the state where he would spend most of his life, when he was a child. After briefly attending Kansas State University, Jump decided to join the war effort and graduated from the University of California, Berkeley's School of Military Aeronautics. Although he never flew any combat missions, aviation would become a significant part of the rest of his life. After marrying and returning to Kansas, Jump started a uniform manufacturing company with his wife Florence, and had a daughter, Marjorie. He served as city commissioner of Wichita, Kansas for several years, before becoming the city's mayor. During his brief stint, his most noted achievement was the sale of the city's airport to the United States Air Force, which later became McConnell Air Force Base. After his one-year term as mayor, Jump retired from politics and continued operating his company until the 1960s. At the time of his death, he was recognized as one of the longest lived individuals ever to have held public office. Early life Jump was born on March 16, 1895 to Frank and Mary Alice Durbin Jump in Galesburg, Illinois, a city in Knox County, and was a Methodist his entire life. His family moved to Anthony, Kansas in 1902 when he was 7 years old, and at the onset of the first World War I, he was attending Kansas State University. Wanting to join the war effort, Jump headed to California. Jump signed up to serve during World War I, enlisting on December 22, 1917. He finished his studies at the University of California, Berkeley's School of Military Aeronautics, graduating on July 8, 1918, and proceeded to train for the war effort. He was among the first flight class to train at March Air Reserve Base in Riverside, California. Jump was prepared to serve as an Army Air Corps pilot, having received his Reserve Military Aviator rating, but the war ended before he was able to engage in any dogfights against Germany. On November 2, 1918, days before the armistice, he had been made a Second Lieutenant. He was able, however, to fly over Los Angeles for a war bond drive in 1918, along with classmate and future aviation pioneer Walter Varney. Afterwards, Jump spent two months as an instructor