Henry C. Gibson ’44

Hank died May 4, 2018, at his home with his wife, Paula, by his side.

At Princeton he was involved in squash and student government. He served three-and-a-half years during World War II in the Navy as a lieutenant in Kiska, Alaska, and as a pilot of a PBY seaplane before returning to Princeton to graduate.

Hank was president of Franklin GNO, working with noted physicists Roger Wernlund and Martin J. Cohen, who was credited as the first commercial developer of the ion mobility spectrometer.

He enjoyed photography, antique clocks, and fishing. He once landed a 60-pound sailfish off his Sunfish sailboat near West Palm Beach, Fla. He was a member of the West Palm Beach Fishing Club.

He is survived by his wife, Paula; brother James ’46; son Henry Clay Gibson III; daughters Susan and Adeline; grandson Henry Gibson IV; and great-grandson Granger Gibson.