Education
Princeton University.
Princeton University.
Gallup expanded the scope of the Gallup Poll to encompass a wider variety of topics, ranging from the outlook of American young people to religious beliefs. Much of Gallup"s writings and research focused on religion and spirituality in the United States. Born in Evanston, Illinois, Gallup graduated from the Lawrenceville School in 1948 and received a bachelor"s degree in religion from Princeton University in 1953.
In 1954, Gallup joined his father"s polling company, The Gallup Organization, where he worked until his retirement in 2004.
George Gallup was diagnosed with liver cancer in 2010. He died in Princeton, New Jersey, on November 21, 2011, at the age of 81.
He was a devout Episcopalian, who once considered the ministry but instead served as an active layman.