Background
Gibson, Ralph Edward was born on March 30, 1901 in Kings Lynn, Norfolk, England. Son of John and Jane (Ferry) Gibson.
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Ralph Edward Gibson
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Student, George Watson’s Boys’ College, Edinburgh, 1914-1919.
Career
M.D. (honorary; director research Allegany Ballistics Lab.
Membership
Member staff Geophysical Laboratory, Carnegie Institution, Washington, 1924-1946. Member Applied Physics Laboratory, Johns Hopkins, from 1946, acting director, 1947-1948, director, 1948-1969, director emeritus, 1969-1983, professor biomedical engineering, 1969-1983. Fellow American Institute Aeronautics an Astronautics.
Member American Chemical Society (chairman Chemical Society Washington 1931, councilor 1932, 33, 35-36, 38-41, chairman division physical and inorganic chemistry 1942-1943, councilor 1942-1943), American Physical Society, Washington Academy Sciences (president 1956), Armed Forces Chemical Association (Vice-President 1953-1956), Philosophical Society Washington (president 1940), Sigma Xi (honorary), Sigma Tau (honorary). Club: Cosmos (Washington) (president 1956).
Connections
Married Elizabeth Burnham Derby, April. Children: John D. Southmayd, Anne K. (Mistress W.H. Kumm), Ronald Malcolm Eustace.
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Nationality
British
Awards
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Recipient Crum Brown chemical medal, 1920, Hope prize in chemistry, 1921, Hillebrand prize Chemical Society Washington, 1939, President’s certificate of Merit, 1948. Navy Distinguished Public Service award, 1958. Captain Robert Dexter Conrad award, 1960. Department Defense Distinguished Public Service medal, 1969. Decorated honorary commander Most Excellent Order British Empire, 1965. Edward Orton Junior fellow lecturer American Ceramic Society, 1947.Recipient Crum Brown chemical medal, 1920, Hope prize in chemistry, 1921, Hillebrand prize Chemical Society Washington, 1939, President’s certificate of Merit, 1948. Navy Distinguished Public Service award, 1958. Captain Robert Dexter Conrad award, 1960.
Department Defense Distinguished Public Service medal, 1969. Decorated honorary commander Most Excellent Order British Empire, 1965. Edward Orton Junior fellow lecturer American Ceramic Society, 1947.