Another Visit with Walter Murray Gibson BY R. L A N I E R
Above: Walter Murray
BRITSCH
Gibson, courtesy of W. G.
Barrett.
1 H E BRIEF, SPECTACULAR M O R M O N CAREER of Walter M u r r a y Gibson has been discussed by a number of authors. Gibson affiliated himself with the Latter-day Saints in 1860. Then, after filling a brief mission for the church in the eastern states, he was assigned to fill a mission in Asia. H e made his way instead to Hawaii where he became the supreme leader Dr. Britsch is associate professor of history at Brigham Young University.
