加里·霍尔布鲁克纪念基金会

Professor Emeritus 加里·霍尔布鲁克 was born in 丹佛 andraised in LaJunta, 科罗拉多州. He is a fourth generation Coloradan whose grandfather homesteaded near Fort Bent. 他是由祖母抚养大的, Corrine Sayre Holbrook饰演他的父母, 埃尔默, 和玛格丽特·法雷尔·霍尔布鲁克, 二战期间在军队服役吗.

高中时, he was involved in sports and was a member of Boy Scouts and the Koshare Indian Dancers. 毕业后，他加入了陆军预备役. 当他回到家时, 他就读于奥特罗专科学校, 阿拉莫萨的拉瓦根和亚当斯州立学院, 科罗拉多州. 在亚当斯州立大学, 他主修演讲。, Theater and Secondary Education with a minor in Political Science. He graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Speech and Education and taught at La Junta High School for a year.

Southern Illinois University in Carbondale offered him a 研究生 Fellowship in Public Address. He was also the Debate Coach at Southern Illinois University High School. 在此期间, he took a special interest in political and Presidential debates and was able to collect many tapes of those debateswhich he used in his classes. After receiving a Master of Science Degree from Southern Illinois, he taught Speech Communication at the University of 科罗拉多州 in Boulder for two years. He then moved to Ashland, Oregon and taught at Southern Oregon College.

Gary was approached by Professor Lester Thonssen with Metropolitan State College in 1968 to establish and direct the forensics program and teach speech communications at the new College in downtown 丹佛. In 1978, 在霍尔布鲁克教授的指导下, Metropolitan State College hosted the National Debate Competition, when 62 top college teams from across the United States vied for the National Debate Championship. In 1981, the American Forensic Association recognized Metro’s 1978 tournament as the best in the 1970 decade.

在爱尔兰休假, Gary attended the final round of the Observer-Mace Debates in Bristol, England in the spring of 1979 where the Irish teams finished first and second. The English teams would tour the United States in exhibition debates under the sponsorship of the English-speaking Union. The English teams had been touring the United States since the 1920s. Gary hosted a series of meetings at Trinity College with several representatives of the major college debating societies in Ireland and with many colleges and universities throughout the United States to see if there was enough interest in an American tour to seek sponsorship for such a tour. It was concluded that the natural chain to select who would represent Ireland in an American tour was the Irish Times Debate winners. Gary was able to secure financial support for the 1980 tour from the Adolph Coors Company. 库尔斯公司为这次旅行提供了三年的赞助. In 1983 Gary formed the Friends of the Irish Debate Series, which supported the Irish debaters through various fundraising activities until the National Parliamentary Debate Association became the official sponsor of the American tour in 1997.

The tours were then continued the College Historical Society – the oldest University debating society in the British Isles.

Gary loved the people of Ireland and called the country his second home. He traveled there often and maintained a relationship with many of his previous debaters and their families.

Gary received the Distinguished Service Award from Metro State College in 1993 and was the recipient of three sabbaticals in 1979, 1986 and 1993 to teach and lecture on speech communication in the classroom through the Teacher Education program at Trinity College, 都柏林. 2023年3月, Metropolitan State University honored Gary by naming the debate program The 加里·霍尔布鲁克 Debate Institute. Many of his documents and taped debates have been donated to the University as it continues not only the Irish Debate program, 但也与其他国家进行了辩论.

Professor Emeritus Holbrook is a member of Phi Delta Kappa, and honorary education society and a member of Delta Sigma Rho Tau Kappa Delta and Pi Kappa, 荣誉法医学会.

Gary loved to travel, which took him to many countries throughout the years. He was also very outgoing, and as the saying goes “never met a stranger”. 他是一个天才的讲故事的人，在他的晚年, 喜欢为朋友编歌, nurses taking care of him in the hospitals and staff at restaurants where he spent time. For many years enjoyed playing golf and hemade a Hole in One at South Suburban Golf Links in 1984. He was thrilled to have his Hole-in-One card autographed by Arnold Palmer and Jack Nicklaus.

加里是他妻子的好丈夫, 朱迪, 继子女肖恩和塔米·格雷, 孙子克里斯多夫, 蔡斯，西德尼·格雷，切尔西·埃文斯, 玛丽丽·格鲁伯表妹, 妹妹基蒂·朗和几个侄女和侄子. He is deeply missed by those who knew him and loved him – he could light up a room wherever he went.

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