John Gillis
John Gillis was an American historian born in Plainfield in 1939.
He attended Amherst College before going on to study at Stanford University, where he completed his education. The facts available don't specify the exact degrees or dates attached to either institution, but his training at two of the country's well-regarded universities shaped the scholarly path he would follow throughout his career.
Gillis worked as a historian, producing and engaging with historical scholarship in English over the course of his professional life. He was a citizen of the United States, and his career unfolded within that context, though the specific institutions where he held positions or the particular fields of history he concentrated on aren't detailed in the available record.
He died on December 7, 2021, in Berkeley. His work as a historian, conducted in English and rooted in an American academic tradition that ran from Amherst through Stanford, defined the arc of his life from his birth in Plainfield in 1939 to his death in Berkeley more than eight decades later.
Quotes by John Gillis
The general public has done a tremendous job with fundraisers, ... But this is a continuous thing. We still need fundraising.
You certainly see that a lot of places like to attract those great teams and great players, with the opportunity to match them up.
In the first half we were eager to score, but maybe a little too eager. We spread the ball around and played better in the second.
Initially, when this thing first hit, and everyone suddenly realized what kind of tragedy was down there, people were calling me like helter skelter, ... asking, 'Can we do this? Can we do that?' And, we were saying, 'Yeah, go ahead, go ahead.' Then, we took more control over it.
It took Carly just one game against Vail to adjust to playing on the field. It's outstanding what she's already achieving.
It's going to be a character-builder from here on out for us. This game's over, and now we can go back to playing like Brazil.
This partnership will provide our teams a great opportunity to work closely with some of the world's best engineering talent.
