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Gil Colgate

Birth Date:
21.12.1899
Death date:
09.10.1965
Person's maiden name:
Gilbert Bayard Colgate
Categories:
Businessman, Olympic champion, Sportsman
Nationality:
 american
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Gilbert Bayard "Gil" Colgate, Jr. (December 21, 1899 – October 9, 1965) 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 (Phi chapter); 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.

Source: wikipedia.org

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        Relation nameRelation typeBirth DateDeath dateDescription
        1William ColgateWilliam ColgateGrandfather25.01.178325.03.1857
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        Robert ColgateGreat grandfather00.00.175800.00.1826
        3
        Sarah ColgateGreat grandmother
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        Richard Webster LawrenceCoworker22.07.190600.06.1974

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