Gibb Gilchrist (December 23, 1887 – May 12, 1972) was an American engineer, highway development expert and academic administrator.
Gibb Gilchrist was born in Wills Point, Texas, on December 23, 1887.
[1] Gilchrist spent several years with the Santa Fe Railroad, where he rebuilt the Galveston County rail line between High Island and Port Bolivar that had been destroyed in the area's 1915 hurricane.
He resigned the next year, shortly after Ma Ferguson was replaced roads advocate Pat Neff as Texas governor.
[4] He resigned in 1936 after Governor James V. Allred used state highway funds to finance an assistance program for the elderly.
[1] Gilchrist was awarded an honorary Doctor of Science degree from Austin College in 1939.
The Gibb Gilchrist is one of the vessels in the Galveston Island Ferry fleet.