Eugene Allen Gilmore

Eugene Allen Gilmore
Eugene Allen Gilmore
Acting Governor-General of the Philippines
In office February 23, 1929 – July 8, 1929
Preceded by	Henry L. Stimson
Succeeded by	Dwight F. Davis
In office August 7, 1927 – December 27, 1927
Preceded by	Leonard Wood
Succeeded by	Henry L. Stimson
Personal details
Born	(1871-07-04)July 4, 1871 Brownville, Nebraska
Died	November 4, 1953(1953-11-04) (aged 82) Iowa City, Iowa
Spouse	Blanche Bayse

Eugene Allen Gilmore (July 4, 1871 – November 4, 1953) was Vice Governor-General of the Philippine Islands from 1922 to 1929, serving twice as acting Governor-General of the Philippines in 1927 and again in 1929. He also held positions as the Dean of the College of Law at the University of Iowa from 1930 to 1934, the twelfth President of the University of Iowa from 1934 to 1940, and the law dean at the University of Pittsburgh School of Law from 1940 to 1942.

Biography

Gilmore was born in Brownville, Nebraska to Andrew Gilmore and Sarah Jane Allen Hall. He received his B.A. degree from DePauw University in 1893, and his LL.B. from Harvard in 1899. He married Blanche Bayse of Rockport, Indiana on December 27, 1899. After practicing law in Boston, Massachusetts from 1899 to 1902, Gilmore served as faculty at the University of Wisconsin Law School from 1902 to 1922. While in Madison, he commissioned Frank Lloyd Wright to design a home, the Eugene A. Gilmore House. He was the Vice Governor-General of the Philippine Islands from 1922 to 1929.

Gilmore died of a heart attack at his home in Iowa City, Iowa on November 4, 1953.

Legacy

Gilmore Avenue, Quezon City, a major thoroughfare in the Metro Manila, is named after him, in turn lending its name to Gilmore station, an urban mass transit station located near the avenue. Gilmore Hall at the University of Iowa is named for him.

External links

• Works by or about Eugene Allen Gilmore at the Internet Archive