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66 The Philosophical
Center. In this dynamic place he offered unusual leadership skills
and quickly entrenched himself in that burgeoning medical com-
munity. He was about to be appointed president of his new domain
when a heart attack ended his life.
Scholar, distinguished teacher, fine administrator, friend of learn-
ing, lifelong student, friend of students, mentor, good husband to
Margaret Pierce Williams, good father to daughters Mrs. Leonard
Teel of Atlanta and Miss Mary K. Williams of Austin, good man -
these qualities were Jack Williams' own. All were admixed with a
marvelous chemistry of humor which etches him always in the
minds of those who knew him.
-F. E. V.
HERBERT PICKENS GAMBRELL
1898 - 1982
Herbert Gambrell the historian and scholar was often elbowed
aside by Herbert the innovator, administrator and raconteur. His
was a life of many facets and many interruptions, as well as sturdy
professional accomplishments. Among his most notable achievements
was the revitalization of this Society which had lain dormant for
nearly ninety years before its resuscitation by "fine citizens and fine
professors" in Herbert's house in 1936.
Some of Herbert's organizations were very gossamer. In his earlier
years he sometimes wrote and spoke of the Martha Sumner Uni-
versity and the Association of American Vice-Presidents as institu-
tions of long-standing. The latter, in Herbert's view, was well on its
way to becoming the largest organization in the world. Discussion
of the doings within the imaginary university gave Herbert and his
like-minded colleagues a means of tolerating the rigorous administra-
tion of their university president during the late '20s and early '30s.
None of Herbert's ancestors were quite unsuccessful enough to
necessitate a move to Texas prior to 1846. Therefore, their progeny
did not qualify as regular members of the Sons and Daughters of
the Republic. But they were staunch Democrats and faithful Baptists
before and after arrival. Joel Halbert Gambrell had already responded
to the call to the Baptist ministry before he married Victoria Pickens.
Their son Herbert Pickens Gambrell was born in Tyler on July 15,66
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