| 释义 |
- Early life
- Start of career
- Political career
- Judicial career Controversy Later career
- Religious work
- Family
- References
- Sources Internet Newspapers Books Magazines
{{Short description|American judge}}Ernest W. Gibson III (born September 23, 1927) is a retired attorney and judge who served as a Justice of the Vermont Supreme Court. Early lifeErnest Willard Gibson III was born in Brattleboro, Vermont on September 23, 1927.{{sfn|"Ernest W. Gibson III in Vermont, Birth Records, 1909-2008"}} His father was Ernest W. Gibson Jr., who served as Governor of Vermont and a judge of the United States District Court for the District of Vermont.{{sfn|"Judge Gibson to be Buried Friday in Brattleboro"}} His grandfather, Ernest Willard Gibson, was a member of the United States House of Representatives and a United States Senator.{{sfn|"Judge Gibson to be Buried Friday in Brattleboro"}} Start of careerGibson graduated from Washington, DC's Western High School in 1945.{{sfn|Vermont Legislative Directory, 1969}} He served in the United States Army at the end of World War II (1945 to 1946), and attained the rank of technical sergeant.{{sfn|Barnabas Davis (1599-1685) and His Descendants}} He received his bachelor's degree from Yale University in 1951,{{sfn|Vermont Legislative Directory, 1969}} and served in the Army again during the Korean War, this time as a captain of field artillery in the 45th Infantry Division, for which he received the Bronze Star Medal.{{sfn|Barnabas Davis (1599-1685) and His Descendants}} Gibson received his law degree from Harvard Law School in 1956, and was admitted to the bar the same year.{{sfn|Vermont Legislative Directory, 1969}} Gibson continued his military career as a member of the Vermont Army National Guard, and attained the rank of major in the judge advocate general branch.{{sfn|Army National Guard Register}} Political careerA Republican, he served as state's attorney for Windham County from 1957 to 1961.{{sfn|Vermont Legislative Directory, 1969}} From 1961 to 1963 he served in the Vermont House of Representatives, and was appointed chairman of the Judiciary Committee in 1963.{{sfn|Vermont Legislative Directory, 1969}} In the House, Gibson joined a group known as the "Young Turks", members who worked for the passage of progressive legislation regardless of party affiliation; the Young Turks were instrumental in ending the Republican Party's 100-year grip on statewide power by electing Philip H. Hoff as governor in 1962.{{sfn|Philip Hoff: How Red Turned Blue in the Green Mountain State}} Gibson was Chairman of the Vermont Public Service Board from 1963 to 1972.{{sfn|"Tribute to David A. Gibson"}} Judicial careerIn 1972, Gibson was appointed a judge of the Vermont Superior Court, and he served until 1983.{{sfn|"Tribute to David A. Gibson"}} In 1983, Justice Franklin S. Billings Jr. of the Vermont Supreme Court was appointed as Chief Justice.{{sfn|"Gibson Named to Court"}} Gibson was nominated to replace Billings as an Associate Justice.{{sfn|"Gibson Named to Court"}} He served on the court until retiring in 1997.{{sfn|"1997 Was Year of Woman"}} Controversy{{main|Vermont vs Hunt (1982)}}In 1986 and 1987, Gibson and two other justices, William C. Hill and Thomas L. Hayes, were accused of misconduct, alleged to have tailored decisions to suit the wishes of an assistant judge in Chittenden County, and to have helped her cover up padding her pay; the assistant judge, Jane Wheel, was supposed to be wielding undue influence over the justices.{{sfn|"High Court Drops Charges Against Gibson"}} Hill retired, and Hayes died before the charges could be resolved.{{sfn|"High Court Drops Charges Against Gibson"}} (Wheel was convicted on charges arising from the case; Hill was found to have violated rules regarding judicial conduct.){{sfn|"Former Vermont Supreme Court Justice Found in Violation of Conduct Rules"}} Gibson was overwhelmingly reappointed to the Supreme Court in March 1987, and in July 1987, Vermont's Judicial Conduct Board dropped the charges against him.{{sfn|"High Court Drops Charges Against Gibson"}} Later careerIn January 1997, Gibson administered the oath of office to Howard Dean, who had been reelected as governor in 1996.{{sfn|"Dean Wants Action This Term"}} Gibson served until reaching the mandatory retirement age of 70, and was succeeded by Marilyn Skoglund.{{sfn|"1997 Was Year of Woman"}} Religious workGibson was Chancellor of the Episcopal Diocese of Vermont from 1977 to 1998 and President of the Board of Trustees of the Diocese from 1991 to 1998.{{sfn|Vermont Legislative Directory, 1995}} FamilyIn 1960 married Charlotte Elaine Hungerford.{{sfn|" Ernest W. Gibson III and Charlotte Elaine Hungerford in California Marriage Index, 1960-1985"}} They are the parents of three children: Margaret,{{sfn|"Margaret Grace Gibson in Vermont, Birth Records, 1909-2008"}} Mary,{{sfn|"Mary Helen Gibson in Vermont, Birth Records, 1909-2008"}} and John.{{sfn|"John Willard Gibson in Vermont, Birth Records, 1909-2008"}} ReferencesSourcesInternet- {{cite web |url=https://www.ancestry.com |title= Ernest W. Gibson III in Vermont, Birth Records, 1909-2008 |website=Ancestry.com |publisher=Ancestry.com, LLC |location=Provo, UT |access-date=February 10, 2017 |subscription=yes |ref={{sfnRef|"Ernest W. Gibson III in Vermont, Birth Records, 1909-2008"}}}}
- {{cite web |url=https://www.ancestry.com |title= Ernest W. Gibson III and Charlotte Elaine Hungerford in California Marriage Index, 1960-1985 |website=Ancestry.com |publisher=Ancestry.com, LLC |location=Provo, UT |access-date=February 10, 2017 |subscription=yes |ref={{sfnRef|" Ernest W. Gibson III and Charlotte Elaine Hungerford in California Marriage Index, 1960-1985"}}}}
- {{cite web |url=https://www.ancestry.com |title= Margaret Grace Gibson in Vermont, Birth Records, 1909-2008 |website=Ancestry.com |publisher=Ancestry.com, LLC |location=Provo, UT |access-date=February 10, 2017 |subscription=yes |ref={{sfnRef|"Margaret Grace Gibson in Vermont, Birth Records, 1909-2008"}}}}
- {{cite web |url=https://www.ancestry.com |title= Mary Helen Gibson in Vermont, Birth Records, 1909-2008 |website=Ancestry.com |publisher=Ancestry.com, LLC |location=Provo, UT |access-date=February 10, 2017 |subscription=yes |ref={{sfnRef|"Mary Helen Gibson in Vermont, Birth Records, 1909-2008"}}}}
- {{cite web |url=https://www.ancestry.com |title= John Willard Gibson in Vermont, Birth Records, 1909-2008 |website=Ancestry.com |publisher=Ancestry.com, LLC |location=Provo, UT |access-date=February 10, 2017 |subscription=yes |ref={{sfnRef|"John Willard Gibson in Vermont, Birth Records, 1909-2008"}}}}
Newspapers- {{cite news |last=Myers |first=Ed |date=November 6, 1969 |title=Judge Gibson to be Buried Friday in Brattleboro |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/198796756/ |newspaper=Burlington Free Press |location=Burlington, VT |page=1 |subscription=yes |ref={{sfnRef|"Judge Gibson to be Buried Friday in Brattleboro"}}}}
- {{cite news |last=Graff |first=Chris |agency=Associated Press |date=February 3, 1983 |title=Gibson Named to Court |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/203142523/ |newspaper=Burlington Free Press |location=Burlington, VT |page=1 |subscription=yes |ref={{sfnRef|"Gibson Named to Court"}}}}
- {{cite news |date=August 29, 1987 |title=High Court Drops Charges Against Gibson |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/201610661/ |newspaper=Burlington Free Press |location=Burlington, VT |page=21 |subscription=yes |ref={{sfnRef|"High Court Drops Charges Against Gibson"}}}}
- {{cite news |last=Graff |first=Christopher |agency=Associated Press |date=May 10, 1988 |title=Former Vermont Supreme Court Justice Found in Violation of Conduct Rules |url=http://www.apnewsarchive.com/1988/Former-Vermont-Supreme-Court-Justice-Found-in-Violation-of-Conduct-Rules/id-86dae7b860c514d0a58fc5547d2d0d78 |ref={{sfnRef|"Former Vermont Supreme Court Justice Found in Violation of Conduct Rules"}}}}
- {{cite news |last1=Remsen |first1=Nancy |last2=Lisberg |first2=Adam |date=January 10, 1997 |title=Dean Wants Action This Term |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/202274082/ |newspaper=Burlington Free Press |location=Burlington, VT |page=1 |subscription=yes |ref={{sfnRef|"Dean Wants Action This Term"}}}}
- {{cite news |last=Graff |first=Christopher |agency=Associated Press |date=December 29, 1997 |title=1997 Was Year of Woman |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/202614799/ |newspaper=Burlington Free Press |location=Burlington, VT |page=9 |subscription=yes |ref={{sfnRef|"1997 Was Year of Woman"}}}}
Books- {{cite book |last=Thomas |first=Richard C. |date=1969 |title=Vermont Legislative Directory, 1969 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5JJDAQAAIAAJ&dq=%22ernest%22+%22gibson%22+%22western+high+school%22&focus=searchwithinvolume&q=%22western+high+school%2C+Washington%2C+D.C.+in+1945%22%22 |location=Montpelier, VT |publisher=Vermont Secretary of State |page=640 |ref={{sfnRef|Vermont Legislative Directory, 1969}}}}
- {{cite book |last=Director of the National Guard Bureau |date=1971 |title=Army National Guard Register |url=https://www.ancestry.com |location=Provo, UT |publisher=Ancestry.com, LLC |page=105 |subscription=yes |ref={{sfnRef|Army National Guard Register}}}}
- {{cite book |last=Davis |first=Sumner Augustus |date=1973 |title=Barnabas Davis (1599-1685) and His Descendants |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VlZGAAAAMAAJ&q=%22ernest+w.+gibson%22+%22army%22+%22t/5%22&dq=%22ernest+w.+gibson%22+%22army%22+%22t/5%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwi3ube53YXSAhUJ7yYKHZIVCzEQ6AEIGjAA |location=Talladega, AL |publisher=S. A. Davis |page=202 |ref={{sfnRef|Barnabas Davis (1599-1685) and His Descendants}}}}
- {{cite book |last=Milne |first=James F. |date=1995 |title=Vermont Legislative Directory, 1995 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VyH0AAAAMAAJ&dq=%22ernest%22+%22gibson%22+%22vermont%22+%22episcopal%22+%22diocese%22+%22chancellor%22+%22trustee%22+%22president%22&focus=searchwithinvolume&q=%22chancellor%2C+episcopal+diocese+of+vermont%22 |location=Montpelier, VT |publisher=Vermont Secretary of State |page=338 |ref={{sfnRef|Vermont Legislative Directory, 1995}}}}
- {{cite book |last1=Hand |first1=Samuel B. |last2=Marro |first2=Anthony |last3=Terry |first3=Stephen C. |date=2011 |title=Philip Hoff: How Red Turned Blue in the Green Mountain State |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QyJfXnsdA0IC&pg=PA29 |location=Hanover, NH |publisher=University Press of New England |pages=28–30 |isbn=978-1-61168-032-4 |ref={{sfnRef|Philip Hoff: How Red Turned Blue in the Green Mountain State}}}}
Magazines- {{cite magazine |last=Marchant |first=Robert J. |date=September 1, 2010 |title=Tribute to David A. Gibson |url=http://www.ncsl.org/Portals/1/documents/aslcs/falladministrator2010.pdf |magazine=The Legislative Administrator |location=Milwaukee, WI |publisher=American Society of Legislative Clerks & Secretaries |page=7 |ref={{sfnRef|"Tribute to David A. Gibson"}}}}
{{s-start}}{{s-legal}}{{succession box | before= Franklin S. Billings, Jr.| | title= Justice of the Vermont Supreme Court | years= 1983–1997 | after= Marilyn Skoglund}}{{s-off}}{{s-bef|before=John D. Paterson}}{{s-ttl|title=Chairman of the Vermont Public Service Board |years=1963–1972}}{{s-aft|after=William Gilbert}}{{s-end}}{{authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Gibson, Ernest W. III}} 15 : 1927 births|Living people|Vermont lawyers|State's attorneys in Vermont|Vermont Republicans|Vermont state court judges|Vermont Supreme Court justices|Yale University alumni|Harvard Law School alumni|People from Brattleboro, Vermont|People from Montpelier, Vermont|American army personnel of World War II|American army personnel of the Korean War|United States Army officers|Vermont National Guard personnel |