Joseph Edward Gibson

Background

Gibson, Joseph Edward was born on February 7, 1893 in West Point, Mississippi, United States. Son of Robert Clayton and Temple (Alexander) Gibson.

Education

AB, U. Mississippi, 1913; AM, Columbia University, 1927.

Career

Teacher, principal, Mississippi high schools, 1913-1920; superintendent schools, McComb, Mississippi, 1920-1936; professor education, Tulane University, 1936-1941, 46-47; director development, Tulane University, 1949-1953; director pre-admissions, Tulane University, 1953-1958; director higher education, for Louisiana, 1941-1946; president, Northwestern State College, Louisiana, 1947-1949; president, Gulf Park College, Gulfport, Mississippi, 1958-1961. Chairman Mississippi Committee for Reorganization of Administration Structure of Higher Education, 1932. Chairman Louisiana Committee for Teacher Edition and Certification, 1942.

Director Mississippi Study Higher Education, 1945, consultant, 1954. Consultant South Carolina. Survey Higher Education, 1945.

Director Association Cons. in Education, from 1961, editor, from 1954. Executive consultant Edward G. Schlieder Ednl. Foundation.

Achievements

• Joseph Edward Gibson has been listed as a noteworthy Education consultant by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

• book

  • Safety for the little citizen

Membership

Served with Army of the United States, 1918. Member National Education Association, Mississippi Education Association (Vice-President 1932-1933, president 1933-1934), National Society Study Education, Masons, Shriners, Rotary.

Connections

Married Eulalie Williford, December, 1916. Children: Joe Allen, William Edward. Married second, Elise M. Holman, April 17, 1965.

Father:

Robert Clayton Gibson

Mother:

Temple (Alexander) Gibson

Spouse:

second

Spouse:

Eulalie Williford

child:

William Edward Gibson

child:

Joe Allen Gibson