University of Texas School of Law - Peregrinus Yearbook (Austin, TX)

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Paul E. French Editor-in-Chief Published by The Society of the Peregrinus, Inc.

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THE1959 PE R Proudly Dedicates Its Yearbook To THOMAS I G III There is in every organization a leader who stands out and makes you feel that he is actually going out of his way to help you with your problems. At the University of Texas School of Law there is such a man and he is our 1959 dedicate—Thomas J. Gibson. lie will always be remembered by the students as the man to whom they felt free to go knowing that they would receive help on any problem ranging from scholastic difficulties to financial burdens. Dean Gibson was born February 7, 1918. at Winnsboro, Wood County, Texas. It was from Winnsboro that he received his high school diploma and in 1939 he obtained his BA degree in English from the University of Texas. lie went back to East Texas where he taught for two years at Mt. Pleasant before being called into the Navy. He served with distinction in the Aleutians. Africa, New Guinea and China, being discharged as a Lieutenant in 1945. October 2, 1944, was the day that Dean Gibson took the biggest step of his life as he married Miss Margaret Hodges. They have three children—Tom (12), Jimmy (11), and Sara Vance (5). Dean Gibson entered Law School in 1946 and received his LL.B in 1948. He didn’t want to leave Austin so he stayed on as Assistant Librarian of the law school. He remained there until 1956 except for a two year period when he served as State Librarian. In 1956. he was named as assistant to Dean Keeton, the position he holds today. This job places him where lie is needed—in personal contact with the students. The Society of the Pcrcgrinus wishes Dean Gibson and his family the best of everything. University of Texas Law Library