Julian Gibbs
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Julian Howard Gibbs was an American educator and the fifteenth President of Amherst College
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Gibbs graduated from Amherst College
in 1947. He earned his master’s and Ph.D. degrees in 1949 and 1950 from Princeton University
. After a year of postdoctoral study at Cambridge University in England with a Fulbright Fellowship, he briefly taught at the University of Minnesota
. Gibbs then worked for eight years at General Electric Company and American Viscose Corporation before accepting a position at Brown University
in 1960 as associate professor of chemistry. He was named a full professor in 1963 and served as the chairman of the Chemistry Department at Brown from 1964 to 1972. He succeeded John William Ward
in 1979 as President of Amherst College and served as president for five years until his death in 1983. He continued his chemical research while he was president, and in 1967 won the High Polymer Prize of the American Physical Society
. The Archives and Special Collections at Amherst College holds a collection of his papers.
Amherst College
Amherst College is a private liberal arts college located in Amherst, Massachusetts, United States. Amherst is an exclusively undergraduate four-year institution and enrolled 1,744 students in the fall of 2009...
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Gibbs graduated from Amherst College
Amherst College
Amherst College is a private liberal arts college located in Amherst, Massachusetts, United States. Amherst is an exclusively undergraduate four-year institution and enrolled 1,744 students in the fall of 2009...
in 1947. He earned his master’s and Ph.D. degrees in 1949 and 1950 from Princeton University
Princeton University
Princeton University is a private research university located in Princeton, New Jersey, United States. The school is one of the eight universities of the Ivy League, and is one of the nine Colonial Colleges founded before the American Revolution....
. After a year of postdoctoral study at Cambridge University in England with a Fulbright Fellowship, he briefly taught at the University of Minnesota
University of Minnesota
The University of Minnesota, Twin Cities is a public research university located in Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minnesota, United States. It is the oldest and largest part of the University of Minnesota system and has the fourth-largest main campus student body in the United States, with 52,557...
. Gibbs then worked for eight years at General Electric Company and American Viscose Corporation before accepting a position at Brown University
Brown University
Brown University is a private, Ivy League university located in Providence, Rhode Island, United States. Founded in 1764 prior to American independence from the British Empire as the College in the English Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations early in the reign of King George III ,...
in 1960 as associate professor of chemistry. He was named a full professor in 1963 and served as the chairman of the Chemistry Department at Brown from 1964 to 1972. He succeeded John William Ward
John William Ward (professor)
John William Ward , was a Professor of English and History at Princeton University from 1952 to 1964 and a Professor of History and American Studies at Amherst College from 1964 to 1971. In 1971, Ward became the fourteenth President of Amherst College, a position he held until 1979...
in 1979 as President of Amherst College and served as president for five years until his death in 1983. He continued his chemical research while he was president, and in 1967 won the High Polymer Prize of the American Physical Society
American Physical Society
The American Physical Society is the world's second largest organization of physicists, behind the Deutsche Physikalische Gesellschaft. The Society publishes more than a dozen scientific journals, including the world renowned Physical Review and Physical Review Letters, and organizes more than 20...
. The Archives and Special Collections at Amherst College holds a collection of his papers.