Miles Joseph Gibbons

Background

Gibbons,, Miles Joseph was born on June 25, 1935 in Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Miles J. and Claire (Kennedy) Gibbons.

Education

Bachelor, Dickinson College, Carlisle, Pennsylvania, 1957. Juris Doctor, Georgetown University, 1964. Postgraduate student, Harvard University, 1996.

Career

Cost accountant United States Steel, Johnstown, Pennsylvania, 1957-1960. Attorney Keating, Waterval and Johnson, Falls Church, Virginia, 1964-1965. Staff attorney AMP Inc., Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, 1965-1968.

Counsel to minority leader United States House of Representatives Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, 1968—1970. Associate attorney Morgan, Lewis and Bockius, 1968-1971, partner, 1971-1981, of counsel, 1981-1984. Executive director The Franklin H. and Ruth L. Wells Foundation, Mechanicsburg, since 1983, The Helen F. Whitaker Fund, Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania, since 1984.

Chief Executive Officer, president The Whitaker Foundation, Rosslyn, Virginia and Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania, 1981-2000.

Membership

Member school board Northern York County School District, Dillsburg, Pennsylvania, 1984-1988. Chair problem solving committee United Way of Capital Region, Harrisburg, 1990-1991. Board directors United Way of Pennsylvania, 1994-1995.

Board directors Council for Public Education, Harrisburg, 1989-1992, Life Science Greenhouse, Harrisburg, since 2002, Whitaker Center for Science and the Arts, Harrisburg, since 2001, treasurer, since 2007. Executive director The Fredricksen Foundation, Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania, since 1990. Member advisory board Milton S. Hershey Medical School, 1992-1998.

Volunteer Big Brothers/Big Sisters, Harrisburg, 1990-1995. Co-chair Foundation Executive Rountable, Harrisburg, 1989-1999. Board directors Capital Campaign Review Committee, Harrisburg, since 1989, chair, since 1992.

Member Rotary Club Harrisburg (president 1988-1989, Community Service award 1990).

Connections

Married Carole Forker. Children: Miles D., Elisabeth D.

Father:

Miles J. Gibbons

Mother:

Claire (Kennedy) Gibbons

Spouse:

Carole Forker

child:

Elisabeth D. Gibbons,

child:

Miles D. Gibbons,