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Warmoth T. Gibbs

Dr. Warmoth T. Gibbs
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Gibbs as President of North Carolina A&T
4th President of North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University
In office
1955–1960
Preceded by Ferdinand D. Bluford
Succeeded by Samuel D. Proctor
Personal details
Born (1892-04-05)April 5, 1892
Baldwin, St. Mary Parish, Louisiana
Died April 21, 1993(1993-04-21) (aged 101)
Moses Cone Hospital, Greensboro, Guilford County, North Carolina
Spouse(s) Marece Jones Gibbs (1918–1967)
Children 3
Residence The Oaks, Greensboro, North Carolina
Alma mater Wiley College; Harvard University
Profession Educator, soldier (Second Lieutenant, United States Army)

Warmoth Thomas Gibbs Sr. (5 April 1892 – 21 April 1993) was an American educator, retired Second Lieutenant in the United States Army, civil rights activist, and fourth president of North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University. Gibbs was one of the first black commissioned officers in World War I and served as president of then North Carolina Agricultural and Technical College from 1955 to 1960. During his presidency, North Carolina A&T became accredited by the Southern Association of Schools and Colleges.

Warmoth T. Gibbs was born on April 5, 1892, in Baldwin, Louisiana, a town in the southern Louisiana region of Acadiana. Because of the lack of public education for African-Americans in the area, Gibbs received his primary education from a United Methodist Church boarding school for blacks. Gibbs earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Wiley College in Marshall, Texas. He later earned bachelor's degrees in political science and history, in addition to a master's degree in Education from Harvard University.

Gibbs enlisted in the United States Army during World War I and became one of the few black officers of that time. Serving as a second lieutenant with the predominantly black 92nd Division Expeditionary Force, Gibbs saw battle in France in 1917 and 1918 before returning to the United States in 1919.

In 1926, Gibbs began his career at the Negro Agricultural and Technical College of North Carolina, now North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, as head of the military service unit and the school's dean of men. In 1928, Gibbs became the dean of the Department of General Services, of what is now the College of Arts and Sciences. After the death of then president, Dr. Ferdinand D. Bluford in 1955, Gibbs was appointed as the acting head of North Carolina A&T College. He would be officially inaugurated as president of the college on November 9, 1956. During Gibbs’ administration, the college acquired land to extend the main campus, A&T was admitted to the Southern Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools in 1959. The guidance center became a separate department, a placement office was established, athletics flourished and coaching staffs were reorganized.


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