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

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at the

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from 1930 to 1934, the twelfth President of the

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

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to Andrew Gilmore and Sarah Jane Allen Hall. He received his B.A. degree from

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in 1893, and his LL.B. from

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in 1899. He married Blanche Bayse of

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on December 27, 1899. After practicing law in

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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

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on November 4, 1953.

Legacy

Gilmore Avenue, Quezon City Gilmore Avenue, formerly known as Gilmore Street, is a two-lane, one-way road in Quezon City, Metro Manila, the Philippines. It runs one-way from Eulogio Rodriguez Sr. Avenue in New Manila and terminates at Nicanor Domingo Street in Valencia, cont ...

, a major thoroughfare in the

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, is named after him, in turn lending its name to

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, an urban mass transit station located near the avenue. Gilmore Hall at the University of Iowa is named for him.

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* 1871 births 1953 deaths People from Brownville, Nebraska Governors-General of the Philippine Islands American expatriates in the Philippines History of the Philippines (1898–1946) DePauw University alumni Harvard Law School alumni University of Wisconsin–Madison faculty University of Pittsburgh faculty Presidents of the University of Iowa University of Iowa College of Law faculty American lawyers American academic administrators {{Iowa-bio-stub