Gilbert Colgate
Olympic athlete
1899 – 1965
Who was Gilbert Colgate?
Gilbert Bayard "Gil" Colgate, Jr. was an American businessman and bobsledder who competed in the 1930s. He won the bronze medal in the two-man event at the 1936 Winter Olympics in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, with teammate Richard Lawrence. He was born and died in New York City.
Colgate, a 1922 Yale University graduate, and brother of the Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity; was also one of five children of Gilbert Colgate, Sr., who was the great-grandson of William Colgate, who founded what is now the Colgate-Palmolive Company. He served as a director of the Colgate company and was chairman of the Colgate-Larson Aircraft Company. Gil Colgate was concerned about the population explosion and became one of the founders of Planned Parenthood.
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- Born
- Dec 21, 1899
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- Yale University
- Lived in
- New York City
- Died
- Oct 9, 1965
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on July 23, 2013
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