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Geoffrey Gamble (born 1942) is an American linguist who served from 2000 to 2009 as the 11th president of Montana State University. ==Early life== Gamble was born in 1942 and raised on a farm near Fresno, California.〔("Gamble Named MSU President." Montana State University Communications Services. October 5, 2000. ) Accessed 2013-08-10.〕 His father was a cotton farmer with a seventh grade education who was dismissive of educational achievement.〔(Ellig, Tracy. "An Unprecedented President." ''Mountains & Minds Magazine.'' Fall 2009. ) Accessed 2013-08-10.〕〔Schontzler, Gail. "Geoff Gamble - A Hard Act to Follow." ''Bozeman Daily Chronicle.'' August 29, 2009.〕 A veteran of World War II, Gamble's father wanted his son to become a boxer.〔 His mother was a high school dropout (although she received her GED diploma later in life).〔 The Gamble family was somewhat poor, and both boys and girls in the family were taught to cook, sew, and repair automobiles in order to be self-sufficient.〔〔 Gamble, however, valued education. He graduated from Fresno High School〔("Fresno State Gets $1 Million Bequest." ''Central Valley Business Times.'' October 16, 2010. ) Accessed 2013-08-10.〕 and attended Fresno State College (now California State University, Fresno), where he played football for a year.〔 He quit playing after receiving such poor grades that he was nearly forced to leave school.〔 He graduated with a bachelor's degree in English language and literature in 1965.〔〔 He was the first and only person in his family to earn a college degree.〔〔 After college, Gamble took up a lucrative career selling insurance.〔(Billings, Erin P. "Geoff Gamble Brings Own Style to MSU." ''The Missoulian.'' May 27, 2001. ) Accessed 2013-08-10.〕〔("Gamble, Wife to Leave Estate to Montana State University." ''Sidney Herald.'' October 16, 2009. ) Accessed 2013-08-10.〕 During his seven years in the insurance industry, he was promoted to manager.〔 He was in his early 30s when he started teaching a night class to aspiring insurance agents, and realized that he really wanted to teach.〔 Gamble enrolled again at Fresno State, and began to pursue a degree in law.〔 But he switched to linguistics,〔 and received a master's degree in 1971.〔 By this time, Gamble had married and had children.〔 He continued with his education and obtained a Ph.D. in linguistics from the University of California, Berkeley, in 1975.〔 His specialty was Native American languages.〔 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「Geoffrey Gamble」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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