Frank Trautmann wasn’t at the State House Thursday for the unveiling of his gift to the people of Maine.

Health issues kept him away. But, truth be told, the 86-year-old probably would have had a hard time shrugging off all that gratitude anyway.

“He’s a very low-profile, quiet individual,” said his friend Buzz Caverly, former director of Baxter State Park.

Trautmann and Caverly share a deep reverence for the park and the legacy of Gov. Percival Baxter, the man who pieced it together and gave it to the state. That devotion led to Thursday’s announcement.

Trautmann donated his long-time summer home and oceanfront property on Islesboro in order to, first, make sure Katahdin Lake would be added to the park and, second, create a new trust fund to help manage and maintain Gov. Baxter’s grand gift.