Career
Gibson served as Chairman of the Council of the British Medical Association. While Chairman of the Organisation Committee, he championed a Junior Members Forum, and went on to chair the first Forum in June 1958. During the Second World War, Gibson served in the Royal Army Medical Corps.
He was PMO in Italian Somaliland between 1944 and 1945.
A lifelong interest in the health care and welfare of adolescents inspired posts at both Winchester College and Street Swithun"s School, Winchester as medical officer from 1948. In 1984 Sir Ronald founded and became President of the Brendoncare Foundation, a charity dedicated to improving quality of life for older people.