Future first FSM president Tosiwo Nakayama attended the Pacific Islands Central School, then located on Truk.

What happened

Nakayama was born in 1931 on Piherarh in Namonuito, Chuuk. The Pacific Islands Central School, then on Truk, was originally the Trust Territory’s only senior high school.

Why it matters

Nakayama went on to lead the Congress of Micronesia’s Senate, the 1975 Constitutional Convention and the FSM as its first president.