Earl Gilson
Earl Gilson was a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly.Biography
Gilson was born on July 1, 1923 in De Pere, Wisconsin. He graduated from high school in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin before attending Colorado State University. During World War II, Gilson served in the United States Army Air Forces. He later transferred to the United States Air Force and would altogether serve twenty years in the military. Gilson is married with two children and is a member of The Nature Conservancy and the local chapter of the Humane Society of the United States. He was a professor at Colorado State University and later at University of Wisconsin-River Falls. He died on September 4, 2004 in Port Angeles, Washington from myelofibrosis.Political career
Gilson was elected to the Assembly in 1982. He was a Democrat.
