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George Horner Gibson, age 88, died at his home in Chicago on January 3, 2021. Gibson was born in Baltimore, Maryland and grew up in Charlotte, North Carolina. He graduated from Furman University with bachelor’s degrees in History and English. He served in the U.S. Army for two years of active duty and four years of reserve duty. He was awarded a Danforth Fellowship for graduate study at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill where he earned a master’s degree and PhD in American History.
Dr. Gibson taught at the University of Mississippi, and at the University of Delaware where he coordinated the graduate fellows’ program with the Hagley Museum in Wilmington, Delaware. He published one book and edited several others. Dr. Gibson published more than a score of articles in history journals and served as managing editor of Delaware History for eleven years. After becoming interested in academic administration, he initiated several programs at the University ....

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