- Eugene Allen Gilmore
Eugene Allen Gilmore was born July 4, 1871, at
Brownville, Nebraska , the son of Andrew and Sarah Jane Allen Hall. He received his B.A. degree fromDePauw University in 1893, and his LL.B. fromHarvard in 1899.*Practiced law in Boston, 1899-1902
*Faculty of theUniversity of Wisconsin Law School , 1902-1922
*Vice Governor-General in thePhilippine Islands , 1922-1929
*ActingGovernor-General of the Philippines , 1929-1930
*Dean of the College of Law,University of Iowa , 1930-1934
*President of the University of Iowa, 1934-1940
*Law Dean at theUniversity of Pittsburgh School of Law from 1940 - 1942The author of a number of articles and pamphlets and several books dealing with law, including a law encyclopedia of 15 volumes, "Modern American Law."
Married Blanche Bayse of
Rockport, Indiana , December 27, 1899.Children: Eugene A. Gilmore, Jr., born in 1902, Elizabeth in 1905, and John Andrew in 1910.
Died of a heart attack at his home in
Iowa City on November 4, 1953.A Philippine street named Gilmore Avenue was named after him who became acting governor-general of the Philippines
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