Stirling Price Gilbert Sr. (January 31, 1862 – August 28, 1951)[1] was a lawyer and justice in Georgia.[2]
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| Born | January 31, 1862 |
| Died | August 28, 1951 (aged 89) |
| Alma mater | Vanderbilt University Yale University |
Education
editGilbert was born on January 31, 1862, in Stewart County, Georgia. In 1883 he graduated from Vanderbilt University with a Bachelor of Science, and in 1885 he graduated from Yale University with a Bachelor of Laws.[3]
Career
editGilbert was admitted to the bar in 1885, and practiced law in Atlanta, Georgia, and Columbus, Georgia. From 1888 to 1893, he was a member of Georgia House of Representatives, and from 1888 to 1893, he was a Georgia superior court judge.[1] 1908-16. From 1916 to 1937, Gilbert was a member of the Supreme Court of Georgia.[3][4]
From 1943 to 1950, Gilbert served on the Georgia Board of Regents.[5] Gilbert helped establish the Georgia State College for Women, donated funds for the construction of the Gilbert men's infirmary at the University of Georgia, and donated funds towards the design and construction of the S. Price Gilbert Library at the Georgia Institute of Technology, which was completed and dedicated on November 21, 1953.[5][6]
References
edit- ^ a b "Gilbert". The Political Graveyard. Retrieved 2011-11-07.
- ^ Gilbert, Stirling Price (1951). A Georgia Lawyer: His Observations and Public Service. University of Georgia Press. ISBN 0-8203-3537-1.
- ^ a b "Portrait of Judge S. Price Gilbert, Sr". Georgia Tech History. Georgia Tech Library. Retrieved 2011-11-07.
- ^ "History". Supreme Court of Georgia. Retrieved 2011-11-07.
- ^ a b McMath, Robert C.; Ronald H. Bayor; James E. Brittain; Lawrence Foster; August W. Giebelhaus; Germaine M. Reed. Engineering the New South: Georgia Tech 1885-1985. Athens, GA: University of Georgia Press. pp. 249–250.
- ^ Kent, Allen (1993). Encyclopedia of library and information science. Vol. 52. CRC Press. pp. 109–112. ISBN 0-8247-2052-0.