Gib died peacefully Feb. 2, 2013.
A graduate of Shady Side Academy, he majored in biology at Princeton and graduated with honors. He served as news editor and association director of The Daily Princetonian and was a member of Elm Club. He roomed with Dick Butler all four years. John G. Buchanan ’38 and James J. Buchanan ’46 were his brothers.
Gib graduated from Johns Hopkins in 1944 and then served in the Army Medical Corps. He interned in Mercy Hospital in Pittsburgh and completed his residency at Babies and Children’s Hospital in New York City before returning to Pittsburgh to establish a private practice as a pediatrician.
Gib was on the staff of Children’s Hospital in Pittsburgh and a professor at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. He was also a member and elder of East Liberty Presbyterian Church.
An avid traveler, he also was a mountain hiker, swimmer, and fisherman well into his 80s.
Gib is survived by his wife of 27 years, Alice Reed Buchanan; his children, Margaret, Cathryn, David, and Thomas; and six grandchildren. He was predeceased by his first wife, Cathryn Grier Buchanan, and his infant son, Gibson Jr.