I did not know Dr. Gilbert, but included his obituary here for others, and because he once oversaw my old summer camp, though his years were before I was a camper.
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Dr. Edward R. Gilbert, Albright College professor and former school director, died of natural causes Feb. 13 at 12:45 a.m. in Reading Hospital.
Gilbert, 70, Reiffton, was the husband of Phyllis W. (Wiest) Gilbert.
He was a professor of psychology at Albright College since 1958 and was also employed in its evening division from 1960 to 1992.
Gilbert was an adjunct professor in Temple University's Graduate School College of Education from 1962 to 1988. He was an instructor at Reading Hospital School of Nursing from 1958 to 1970 and Lancaster General Hospital School of Nursing from 1981 to 1987.
He was a part-time lecturer in Franklin & Marshall College's evening division from 1980 to 1992 and Lebanon Valley College's evening division from 1992 to 1996.
Gilbert was a member of the Exeter School Board from 1963 to 1985.
He was one of the founders of Blue Spruce Foundation Inc., Reiffton, in 1989 and served as its president and a director. The foundation assisted high school graduates.
Born in Sharon, Mercer County, he was a son of the late John F. and Ruth Olive (Roberts) Gilbert.
Gilbert was also employed as a field psychologist for Personnel Sciences Center, New York City, from 1968 to 2000.
He was a co-director at Camp Hagan, Shawnee on Delaware, Monroe County, in 1959 and director of Camp Ministerium, Shawnee on Delaware, from 1960 to 1961.
Gilbert was a 1953 graduate of Sharon High School and a 1957 graduate of Dickinson College, Carlisle, Cumberland County. He earned his master's degree from Pennsylvania State University in 1958 and his doctorate in education from Temple University in 1965.
He was a former director of the Berks County Chapter, American Red Cross; Camp Fire Girls of Berks County, planning division, United Way of Berks County; Selective Service boards in Reading; Berks County Chapter, National Council on Alcoholism; and Planned Parenthood Center of Berks County.
Gilbert was also a former director of the Berks County Mental Health Association, United Way of Berks County, Family Guidance Center of Berks County, citizens advisory committee of the Juvenile Court of Berks County, Greater Reading Area Involved Lutherans and Reading Youth Council.
He was a member of St. John's Lutheran Church, Reading, where he was a Sunday school teacher for 38 years until 1996.
He was a former councilman at Faith Lutheran Church, Mount Penn.
Gilbert was a judge for the Pennsylvania Junior Miss state pageant in 1965, 1969 and 1975.
From Albright, he received the Christian R. and Mary F. Lindback award in 1978; the Alpha Sigma Lambda award in 1985; the Jacob award in 1988 and the alumni association service award in 1995.
He is also survived by two sons, Philip E., Exeter Township, and John W., Stinson Beach, Calif.; and two daughters, Ruth G. (Gilbert) Schwartz, Southold, N.Y., and Carolyn (Gilbert) Mayo, Sinking Spring.
Other survivors include a brother, Robert I., Vowinckel, Clarion County.
There are also 13 grandchildren.
Memorial services will be Thursday at 6 p.m. in the Albright College Chapel auditorium. Services will be Friday at 1:30 p.m. in the Lutz Funeral Home Inc., Mount Penn. Burial will be in Forest Hills Memorial Park, Reiffton.
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Dr. Edward R. Gilbert, Albright College professor and former school director, died of natural causes Feb. 13 at 12:45 a.m. in Reading Hospital.
Gilbert, 70, Reiffton, was the husband of Phyllis W. (Wiest) Gilbert.
He was a professor of psychology at Albright College since 1958 and was also employed in its evening division from 1960 to 1992.
Gilbert was an adjunct professor in Temple University's Graduate School College of Education from 1962 to 1988. He was an instructor at Reading Hospital School of Nursing from 1958 to 1970 and Lancaster General Hospital School of Nursing from 1981 to 1987.
He was a part-time lecturer in Franklin & Marshall College's evening division from 1980 to 1992 and Lebanon Valley College's evening division from 1992 to 1996.
Gilbert was a member of the Exeter School Board from 1963 to 1985.
He was one of the founders of Blue Spruce Foundation Inc., Reiffton, in 1989 and served as its president and a director. The foundation assisted high school graduates.
Born in Sharon, Mercer County, he was a son of the late John F. and Ruth Olive (Roberts) Gilbert.
Gilbert was also employed as a field psychologist for Personnel Sciences Center, New York City, from 1968 to 2000.
He was a co-director at Camp Hagan, Shawnee on Delaware, Monroe County, in 1959 and director of Camp Ministerium, Shawnee on Delaware, from 1960 to 1961.
Gilbert was a 1953 graduate of Sharon High School and a 1957 graduate of Dickinson College, Carlisle, Cumberland County. He earned his master's degree from Pennsylvania State University in 1958 and his doctorate in education from Temple University in 1965.
He was a former director of the Berks County Chapter, American Red Cross; Camp Fire Girls of Berks County, planning division, United Way of Berks County; Selective Service boards in Reading; Berks County Chapter, National Council on Alcoholism; and Planned Parenthood Center of Berks County.
Gilbert was also a former director of the Berks County Mental Health Association, United Way of Berks County, Family Guidance Center of Berks County, citizens advisory committee of the Juvenile Court of Berks County, Greater Reading Area Involved Lutherans and Reading Youth Council.
He was a member of St. John's Lutheran Church, Reading, where he was a Sunday school teacher for 38 years until 1996.
He was a former councilman at Faith Lutheran Church, Mount Penn.
Gilbert was a judge for the Pennsylvania Junior Miss state pageant in 1965, 1969 and 1975.
From Albright, he received the Christian R. and Mary F. Lindback award in 1978; the Alpha Sigma Lambda award in 1985; the Jacob award in 1988 and the alumni association service award in 1995.
He is also survived by two sons, Philip E., Exeter Township, and John W., Stinson Beach, Calif.; and two daughters, Ruth G. (Gilbert) Schwartz, Southold, N.Y., and Carolyn (Gilbert) Mayo, Sinking Spring.
Other survivors include a brother, Robert I., Vowinckel, Clarion County.
There are also 13 grandchildren.
Memorial services will be Thursday at 6 p.m. in the Albright College Chapel auditorium. Services will be Friday at 1:30 p.m. in the Lutz Funeral Home Inc., Mount Penn. Burial will be in Forest Hills Memorial Park, Reiffton.
I did not know Dr. Gilbert, but included his obituary here for others, and because he once oversaw my old summer camp, though his years were before I was a camper.
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Dr. Edward R. Gilbert, Albright College professor and former school director, died of natural causes Feb. 13 at 12:45 a.m. in Reading Hospital.
Gilbert, 70, Reiffton, was the husband of Phyllis W. (Wiest) Gilbert.
He was a professor of psychology at Albright College since 1958 and was also employed in its evening division from 1960 to 1992.
Gilbert was an adjunct professor in Temple University's Graduate School College of Education from 1962 to 1988. He was an instructor at Reading Hospital School of Nursing from 1958 to 1970 and Lancaster General Hospital School of Nursing from 1981 to 1987.
He was a part-time lecturer in Franklin & Marshall College's evening division from 1980 to 1992 and Lebanon Valley College's evening division from 1992 to 1996.
Gilbert was a member of the Exeter School Board from 1963 to 1985.
He was one of the founders of Blue Spruce Foundation Inc., Reiffton, in 1989 and served as its president and a director. The foundation assisted high school graduates.
Born in Sharon, Mercer County, he was a son of the late John F. and Ruth Olive (Roberts) Gilbert.
Gilbert was also employed as a field psychologist for Personnel Sciences Center, New York City, from 1968 to 2000.
He was a co-director at Camp Hagan, Shawnee on Delaware, Monroe County, in 1959 and director of Camp Ministerium, Shawnee on Delaware, from 1960 to 1961.
Gilbert was a 1953 graduate of Sharon High School and a 1957 graduate of Dickinson College, Carlisle, Cumberland County. He earned his master's degree from Pennsylvania State University in 1958 and his doctorate in education from Temple University in 1965.
He was a former director of the Berks County Chapter, American Red Cross; Camp Fire Girls of Berks County, planning division, United Way of Berks County; Selective Service boards in Reading; Berks County Chapter, National Council on Alcoholism; and Planned Parenthood Center of Berks County.
Gilbert was also a former director of the Berks County Mental Health Association, United Way of Berks County, Family Guidance Center of Berks County, citizens advisory committee of the Juvenile Court of Berks County, Greater Reading Area Involved Lutherans and Reading Youth Council.
He was a member of St. John's Lutheran Church, Reading, where he was a Sunday school teacher for 38 years until 1996.
He was a former councilman at Faith Lutheran Church, Mount Penn.
Gilbert was a judge for the Pennsylvania Junior Miss state pageant in 1965, 1969 and 1975.
From Albright, he received the Christian R. and Mary F. Lindback award in 1978; the Alpha Sigma Lambda award in 1985; the Jacob award in 1988 and the alumni association service award in 1995.
He is also survived by two sons, Philip E., Exeter Township, and John W., Stinson Beach, Calif.; and two daughters, Ruth G. (Gilbert) Schwartz, Southold, N.Y., and Carolyn (Gilbert) Mayo, Sinking Spring.
Other survivors include a brother, Robert I., Vowinckel, Clarion County.
There are also 13 grandchildren.
Memorial services will be Thursday at 6 p.m. in the Albright College Chapel auditorium. Services will be Friday at 1:30 p.m. in the Lutz Funeral Home Inc., Mount Penn. Burial will be in Forest Hills Memorial Park, Reiffton.
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Dr. Edward R. Gilbert, Albright College professor and former school director, died of natural causes Feb. 13 at 12:45 a.m. in Reading Hospital.
Gilbert, 70, Reiffton, was the husband of Phyllis W. (Wiest) Gilbert.
He was a professor of psychology at Albright College since 1958 and was also employed in its evening division from 1960 to 1992.
Gilbert was an adjunct professor in Temple University's Graduate School College of Education from 1962 to 1988. He was an instructor at Reading Hospital School of Nursing from 1958 to 1970 and Lancaster General Hospital School of Nursing from 1981 to 1987.
He was a part-time lecturer in Franklin & Marshall College's evening division from 1980 to 1992 and Lebanon Valley College's evening division from 1992 to 1996.
Gilbert was a member of the Exeter School Board from 1963 to 1985.
He was one of the founders of Blue Spruce Foundation Inc., Reiffton, in 1989 and served as its president and a director. The foundation assisted high school graduates.
Born in Sharon, Mercer County, he was a son of the late John F. and Ruth Olive (Roberts) Gilbert.
Gilbert was also employed as a field psychologist for Personnel Sciences Center, New York City, from 1968 to 2000.
He was a co-director at Camp Hagan, Shawnee on Delaware, Monroe County, in 1959 and director of Camp Ministerium, Shawnee on Delaware, from 1960 to 1961.
Gilbert was a 1953 graduate of Sharon High School and a 1957 graduate of Dickinson College, Carlisle, Cumberland County. He earned his master's degree from Pennsylvania State University in 1958 and his doctorate in education from Temple University in 1965.
He was a former director of the Berks County Chapter, American Red Cross; Camp Fire Girls of Berks County, planning division, United Way of Berks County; Selective Service boards in Reading; Berks County Chapter, National Council on Alcoholism; and Planned Parenthood Center of Berks County.
Gilbert was also a former director of the Berks County Mental Health Association, United Way of Berks County, Family Guidance Center of Berks County, citizens advisory committee of the Juvenile Court of Berks County, Greater Reading Area Involved Lutherans and Reading Youth Council.
He was a member of St. John's Lutheran Church, Reading, where he was a Sunday school teacher for 38 years until 1996.
He was a former councilman at Faith Lutheran Church, Mount Penn.
Gilbert was a judge for the Pennsylvania Junior Miss state pageant in 1965, 1969 and 1975.
From Albright, he received the Christian R. and Mary F. Lindback award in 1978; the Alpha Sigma Lambda award in 1985; the Jacob award in 1988 and the alumni association service award in 1995.
He is also survived by two sons, Philip E., Exeter Township, and John W., Stinson Beach, Calif.; and two daughters, Ruth G. (Gilbert) Schwartz, Southold, N.Y., and Carolyn (Gilbert) Mayo, Sinking Spring.
Other survivors include a brother, Robert I., Vowinckel, Clarion County.
There are also 13 grandchildren.
Memorial services will be Thursday at 6 p.m. in the Albright College Chapel auditorium. Services will be Friday at 1:30 p.m. in the Lutz Funeral Home Inc., Mount Penn. Burial will be in Forest Hills Memorial Park, Reiffton.
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