Marty Gibbs's 30 Years at the Helm of Plant Physiology

From: Plant Physiology | Date: September 1, 2006| Author: | Copyright information

Dr. Martin Gibbs died at his home on July 24, 2006, in Lexington, MA, at the age of 83. We three succeed Marty as chief editors of Plant Physiology, a position he held from 1963 to 1992. We offer this brief accounting in celebration of his professional career.

In the fall of 1940, Marty began his undergraduate studies at the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy and Science, concentrating in chemistry. According to his own account, it was not until his third and final year that he took an elective course on pharmacognosy and discovered biology (Gibbs, 1999). Two inspiring professors, Edmund ...

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