Background
Gibson, Reginald Walker was born on July 31, 1927 in Lynchburg, Virginia, United States. Son of McCoy and Julia Ann (Butler) Gibson.
Gibson, Reginald Walker was born on July 31, 1927 in Lynchburg, Virginia, United States. Son of McCoy and Julia Ann (Butler) Gibson.
Born in Lynchburg, Virginia to McCoy and Julia Gibson, Gibson was educated in the public schools of Washington, District of Columbia, and served in the United States. Army in the aftermath of World World War II, from 1946 to 1947.
He then received a Bachelor of Surgery from Virginia Union University in 1953, also attending the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania in 1952 and 1953, and received an Bachelor of Laws from Howard University School of Law in 1956. He was an agent of the Internal Revenue Service, in the United States Department of the Treasury from 1957 to 1961, and then a trial attorney in the Tax Division of the United States Department of Justice from 1961 to 1971. He was a senior and later general tax attorney for the International Harvester Company in Chicago, Illinois, from 1971 to 1982.
On October 1, 1982, Gibson was nominated by President Ronald Reagan to a new seat on the United States Claims Court authorized by 96 Statistics
27. He was confirmed by the United States Senate on December 10, 1982, and received his commission the same day, entering on duty December 15, 1982. He assumed senior status on August 15, 1995.
Gibson married Shirley Johnson in 1993, with whom he had a son, Reginald South. Gibson, Junior.
Member business advisory council Chicago Urban League, 1974-1982. Served with Army of the United States, 1946-1947. Member District of Columbia Bar Association, Chicago Bar Association, Federal Bar Association, National Bar Association, Claims Court Bar Association, J. Edgar Murdock American Inn of Court (taxation committee).
Clubs: National Lawyers (Washington).
1 child, Reginald S.