Philip Gibson Terrie ’39

AN ATTORNEY in private practice for more than 40 years in Charleston, W.Va., where he was a lifelong resident, Gib died of heart failure Apr. 11, 1993. He earned his law degree from the Univ. of Virginia in 1942, and so loved the law that in spite of illness in recent years, he never did retire. He argued many cases before the West Virginia Supreme Court and one before the U.S. Supreme Court in 1976. He lost that case and later told us, "I still think of things I could have said to Justices Stewart and Rehnquist."

An officer in the navy during WWII' Gib was attached to the Third Marine Division, saw action on Iwo Jima, and retired from the navy reserve as a commander.

Gib served his community as president of the Kanawha County planning and zoning commission, as attorney for the state road commission, and as vestryman and senior warden of St. Matthew's Episcopal Church. Devoted to Princeton, he was a former member of the Alumni Council and of the Schools Committee.

Gib married Moncure Ficklen in 1942. She died in 1987, the day after their 45th anniversary. Gib's daughter Katharine, son Philip Jr. '70 , and brother Henry *55 survive. We share their sorrow at the loss of our good friend and extend our sincere sympathy.

The Class of 1939