Morris Ray Gibbs ’78

Morris Ray Gibbs ’78 died unexpectedly on October 28, 2014, in Kenosha Wisconsin. Classmate Michael Glass offered these memories: “Mo was a lifelong bachelor, but it would be wrong to think he left no family behind. Mo’s friends were his family and Mo’s family was quite large. It included many who knew Mo from childhood and those who met him along life’s path; in high school, at Dartmouth and during his long career at Hewlett-Packard. I met Mo at the first freshman football practice in the fall of 1974. The lockers were assigned alphabetically. Gibbs, Glass. From such a small quirk of fate, a 40-year friendship grew. Several members of that freshman squad joined the same fraternity, Sigma Nu Delta, so Mo and the rest of us shared some raucous times while in Hanover, but all good things come to an end, and we eventually left to follow our separate paths in life. Mo had three different runs at Dartmouth, eventually collecting a degree, but more importantly, growing his ‘family’ at every turn. From his Wisconsin home he traveled to all parts of the country to visit his Dartmouth family. No friend was too far for Mo to visit. He was exceptionally generous with the things he had to share, which were a huge heart, a deep well of kindness and the most precious of commodities, time. Mo always had time for his friends…but all good things come to an end, even our time with the best of friends. Mo will be missed by many.”