He credited the foundation of his acting technique to his studies with such people as Robert W. Corrigan, whom he first met at Carleton, the extraordinary faculty at Carnegie Mellon University in the mid-60s and the creativity of the remarkable students he had the privilege of teaching.
After leaving Carnegie Mellon University, Gister went to the City College of New York where he headed the Aaron Davis Center for the Arts as its inaugural Director.
For a total of 19 years Earle Gister was Associate Dean of Academic Affairs and Chair of the MFA Acting Program at the Yale School of Drama.
[8] After Mr. Gister's death, Ms. Bolton moved White Heron to Nantucket, where, with new partner Michael Kopko, she has established it as a professional Equity theater that produces classical works and develops new plays for the world stage.
It is astonishing to think of the breadth of talent that Earle brought to Yale and nurtured here, and it is worth remembering that for years, when he was asked to name the greatest strength of the School of Drama, his inevitably generous reply was, 'the students.