Willis Alexander Gibbons

Background

Gibbons, Willis Alexander was born on November 1, 1888 in Long Island, New York, United States. Son of Samuel George Naylor and Mary Garland (Graham) Gibbons.

Education

Bachelor of Arts, Wesleyan University, Middletown, Connecticut, 1910, Master of Arts, 1911, Doctor of Science, 1942. Doctor of Philosophy, Cornell, 1916. Special student, Columbia, 1913-1914.

Career

Research chemist, United States Rubber Company, New Brunswick, New Jersey, 1912-1917, 1919-1922, in charge research department general laboratories, 1922-1927, director general laboratories, 1928, director development, 1930-1938, director general development division, 1939-1946, associate director research and development department from 1946, Executive secretary science advising committee O.D.M., 1951.

Achievements

• Willis Alexander Gibbons has been listed as a noteworthy chemistry by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member American Rubber Mission to The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, 1942-1943, Trustee Wesleyan University from 1943 (vice president Board 1950). Served as First lieutenant, Coast Artillery Reserve Corps. captain Infantry, United States Army, 1917, captain ordnance, 1918. Member National Research Council, chairman advisory board Q. M. Research and Development, 1948-1952, chairman division engineering and industrial research, 1952.

Fellow American Association Advancement of Science.

Member American Chemical Society (chairman rubber division). Clubs: Army and Navy (Washington, District of Columbia).

Connections

Married Stella Louise Hopewell, June 21, 1913. Children: Virginia Graham, Dorothy Hopewel Cooke.

Father:

Samuel George Naylor Gibbons

Mother:

Mary Garland (Graham) Gibbons

Spouse:

Stella Louise Hopewell

child:

Dorothy Hopewel Cooke Gibbons

child:

Virginia Graham Gibbons