Daniel Z. Gibson

Daniel Zachary Gibson (26 January 1908 – 23 April 1984) was an American academic and academic administrator. He served in various roles at Cincinnati Conservatory of Music, The Citadel, Franklin and Marshall College, Washington College, and Salisbury University. During World War II, Gibson served as an officer in the United States Naval Reserve.

Biography Daniel Gibson was born in Middlesboro, Kentucky in 1908. He attended secondary school there and earned his bachelor's degree at Kentucky Wesleyan College in 1929. In 1931, he earned his master's degree from the University of Cincinnati in English and started teaching at the Cincinnati Conservatory of Music. The following year, he became an assistant professor of English at The Citadel, which he held until 1943.

Gibson became the president of Washington College, in Chestertown, Maryland, in 1950. The next year, he announced that the college would no longer be supporting a football team. Over the next 20 years, the college campus, faculty, and endowment would double in size. Outside of the college, Gibson was a member of the Ornithological Society chapter in Kent County, Maryland. In 1970, Gibson resigned as president due to failing health. Gibson died of Parkinson's disease on April 23, 1984, in Chestertown, Maryland.

Personal life Daniel Gibson married Helen Schaefer Gibson in 1936 and had four children.