Background
Henry E. Gilpin was born on November 10, 1922 in Cleveland, Ohio, United States.
peace officer Photographer teacher
Henry E. Gilpin was born on November 10, 1922 in Cleveland, Ohio, United States.
Henry Gilpin studied engineering at Los Angeles City College (1946-1948) and at the University of California, Los Angeles (1949). He studied ceramics at Cleveland Institute of Art, Ohio (1950), and photography at Ansel Adams' Yosemite Workshop (1959).
A teacher at Monterey Peninsula College, Monterey, California, since 1965, he taught at Ansel Adams' Yosemite Workshop from 1968 to 1973. Henry Gilpin was a peace officer with the Monterey County Sheriff's Department (1951-1976), retiring as captain of detectives.