 He was educated at Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Harvard College (B.A., 1959), Boston University College of Fine Arts, Pratt Institute (Pratt Graphic Art Center), and Indiana University (M.F.A., 1962).Midgette was an Associate Professor of Art at Reed College from 1963 to 1971.In the summer of 1969, he took a year's sabbatical and a year's leave to complete a mural commission and a fellowship in Roswell, New Mexico at The Roswell Artist-in-Residence Foundation.