Edwin C. Galbreath
Professor Edwin Carter Galbreath, known as Gab or Gabby to his family and friends, died in January 1989, ending more than 50 years of contributions to vertebrate paleontology and geology. He was born in Ashmore, Illinois, in 1913. His higher educatio
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Professor Edwin Carter Galbreath, known as Gab or Gabby to his family and friends, died in January 1989, ending more than 50 years of contributions to vertebrate paleontology and geology. He was born in Ashmore, Illinois, in 1913. His higher education began at Eastern Illinois State College (now Eastern Illinois University), but after three years he left to join the U.S.Navy in 1936. In 1940, he returned to Eastern and completed his B.Ed. degree in Zoology then began studies at the University of Oklahoma. He re-entered the Navy in March of 1942, served on the heavy cruiser Louisville, and was in the principal naval engagements of the Central Pacific during World War II. Once discharged in 1945, he continued his studies at the University of Kansas and to pursue his childhood interest in paleontology. His PhD dissertation was titled "A Contribution to the Tertiary Geology and Paleontology of Northeastern Colorado" -- it remains a definitive work.
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