Background
Christian, Wayne Gillespie was born on October 28, 1918 in King City, Missouri, United States. Son of Elza Orval and Maude Amelia (Gillespie) Christian.
Christian, Wayne Gillespie was born on October 28, 1918 in King City, Missouri, United States. Son of Elza Orval and Maude Amelia (Gillespie) Christian.
Bachelor of Science, West Texas State University, 1939. Master of Science, University Denver, 1948. Doctor of Education, University Denver, 1951.
History geology laboratory supervisor and museum technician West Texas State University, Canyon, 1936—1939. Supervisor groundwater surveys and mineral survey United States Department Interior and State Texas, 1937—1939. Field and laboratory supervisor Plains History Museum, Canyon, 1939—1940.
Chief computer Western Geophysical Company, Houston, 1940—1944. Superintendent schools Darlington, Missouri, 1943—1944. Science and social studies teacher Pickering, 1944—1945.
Principal junior-senior high school Tarkio, 1945—1946. Supervisor schools Pickering, 1946—1948. Deputy director Colorado State Home for Children, 1951—1952.
Instructor University Denver, 1948—1957. Geophysicist Sun Company, Denver and Dallas, 1952—1977. Environmental coordinator Sunedco Energy Development Company, Dallas, 1977—1978, manager environmental affairs, 1978—1982.
Senior environmental specialist Sunedco Coal Company, Lakewood, Colorado, 1982—1984. Retired, 1984; assistant director Chatfield Arboretum unit of Denver Botanical Gardens, since 1987.
Chairman steering committee Balarat Science Education Center, 1969—1970. Board directors American Baptist Churches United States of America. President Rocky Mountain Baptist Association, Denver, 1963—1970.
Member executive committee Baptist Home Association Colorado, chairman board, 1967—1970. Board directors Rocky Mountain Center Environment, 1968—1970, Byers Home for Boys, Denver, 1965—1970, Denver Botanical Gardens, 1965—1970, chairman education committee. Board directors, part-time director Plains Conservation Center, 1969—1970.
Board directors Denver's War on Poverty, 1967—1969. One year chairman city-wide Head Start Program. Board directors Metropolitan Council, Denver, 1967—1969, Curtis Park Community Center, Denver, since 1962, president, 1965—1970.
Member of Society Vertebrate Paleontologists.
Married Kara Lorraine Groom, October 29, 1943. Children: Kara, Karl.