Marvin McCall Gibson

GIBSON MARVIN M. GIBSON "Gibby" On April 2, 2014, Dr. MARVIN M. GIBSON of Maryland. Preceded in death by daughter Robin Marie Emrick and Nancy Wahmann Gibson. He is survived by his loving wife Martha "Marty" Gibson; devoted father of Monica (Jason) Benderly, John S. Gibson, Barbara (Robert) Gaw, William (Gwen) Gibson; nine grandchildren, Sean Benderly (Erin Benderly), Colin Gaw, Nathan Gaw, Megan Gaw, William Gibson, Davis Gibson, John Gibson, Trevor Emrick and Taylor Emrick, son-in-law Tony Emrick, and great-granddaughter, Elizabeth Benderly. Dr. Gibson was born on January 26, 1920. He graduated from Duke Medical School and earned a Ph.D degree from the College of Graduate Health Sciences at the University of Tennessee. He served as a medical officer in the U.S. Army for five years, in the European Theater from Italy to Germany, the Panama Canal Zone, the Persian Gulf Command and a volunteer with Medico to Afghanistan and Vietnam in the 60's. He received specialty training in orthopedic surgery in London, Edinburgh, Heidelberg, with fellowships at University of Vienna in Austria, Campbell Clinic in Memphis, TN and the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN. He was a past Chairman and Chief of Orthopedic Surgery at the Washington Hospital Center,a faculty member at Georgetown Medical School and a Senior Attending at Children's Hospital. He ran the Polio Clinic during the Polio years, and was a consultant in Orthopedic Surgery at the Veterans Hospital in Mt. Alto, Chief of Orthopedic at Montgomery General Hospital and Professor Emeritus at Georgetown Medical Hospital. He was a founding member of the Eastern Orthopedic Association, and Northeast Medical Association, NEMA. A devoted member of The Rotary of Washington, DC, a member of the Northeast Medical Ski Association and a member of many clubs and of Concord St. Andrew Methodist Church. Relatives and friends are invited to call at JOSEPH GAWLER'S SONS, LLC., 5130 Wisconsin Ave., NW (Corner of Harrison St.), Washington, DC for a viewing between 3 and 5 p.m. and a funeral service at Gawler's Chapel from 5 to 6 p.m. on April 12, following the viewing period. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to The Rotary Foundation of Washington DC, 1101 16th St., NW, Washington, DC 20036 or United States Public Health Service, Music Assemble, C/O COF, 8201 Corporate Drive, Suite 200, Landover, MD 20785 or The Medical Annual Fund, Davidson Scholarship (Code#6185087), 710 West Main St., Durham, NC 27701, indicating In Memory of Dr. Marvin Gibson. - Arrangements under the direction of Joseph Gawler's Sons LLC, Washington, DC.