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Frank Bunker Gilbreth, Jr. (March 17, 1911 – February 18, 2001) was co-author, with his sister Ernestine, of ''Cheaper by the Dozen'' and ''Belles on Their Toes''. Under his own name, he wrote ''Time Out for Happiness'' and ''Ancestors of the Dozen''. Gilbreth graduated from the University of Michigan, where he served as editor of the college newspaper, The Michigan Daily. ==Biography== He was born in Plainfield, New Jersey, the 5th child (and first boy) of the 12 children born to efficiency experts Frank Gilbreth, Sr. and Lillian Moller Gilbreth, and grew up in the family home in Montclair, New Jersey. ''Cheaper by the Dozen'', which was made into two successful films, was largely autobiographical. He also wrote about fatherhood, in the post-World War II "baby boom", and about family members. During World War II, he served as a naval officer in the South Pacific, participated in three invasions in the Admiralty Islands and the Philippines, and was decorated with two air medals and a bronze star. In 1947, he returned to ''The Post and Courier'' as an editorial writer and columnist.〔(The Gilbreth Network - In Memory: Frank B. Gilbreth, Jr. )〕 In his later years, he relocated to Charleston, South Carolina, where he went on to be a journalist, author and newspaper executive. Under nom de plume Ashley Cooper, he wrote a long-running column, "Doing the Charleston,"〔 for the Charleston paper ''The Post and Courier''; it ran until 1993.〔 Gilbreth was married twice, to Elizabeth Cauthen (until her death in 1954) and then (1955–2001) to Mary Pringle Manigault. He had three children, one from his first marriage (Elizabeth G. Cantler, being retired as a features editor of ''The Post and Courier'') and two from his second marriage (Dr. Edward M. Gilbreth and Rebecca G. Herres). He died in 2001, aged 89, in Charleston, South Carolina, where he had lived for the preceding half century.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Frank Bunker Gilbreth, Jr.」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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