Background
Gipson was born in Trenton, South Carolina, on September 15, 1931 and grew up on his grandmother"s farm.
Gipson was born in Trenton, South Carolina, on September 15, 1931 and grew up on his grandmother"s farm.
His career spanned decades in the petroleum industry as well as decades in academia. Mack also worked part-time while pursuing a major in science and mathematics, receiving the bachelor of science degree in 1953. Mack was drafted into the army in June 1954, and served as a radio technician during his service from 1954 to 1956.
He then went on to attend the University of Chicago and received his Master of Science degree in 1961.
He then began research for the Doctor of Philosophy degree, with his research based on studying the deep sedimentary rocks near the central Illinois coal fields. Gipson received his Doctor of Philosophy in Geology in 1963, after submitting his doctoral dissertation entitled "A Study of the Relations of Depth, Porosity, and Clay Mineral Orientation in Pennsylvanian Shales".
