Gipson, who was a noted sports psychologist, author, and advocate of personal health care management, earned posthumous induction after working closely with a number of Pacific teams and coaches over the years.
Gipson was a close adviser to Dr. Terry Liskevych, as he built a championship women's volleyball program at Pacific in the early 1980's. He then moved on to help Liskevych coach the United States National Women's Volleyball Team. Under their auspices with the U.S. National Team, the U.S. achieved three Top-10 Olympic finishes, including a bronze medal in Barcelona, Spain, in 1992. The do also co-authored a spectator's guide to volleyball in 1988, along with Nancy Liskevych.
In addition, Gipson served as a medical commissioner for the Federation of International Volleyball and wrote several grants for the United States Volleyball Association.
A cum laude graduate of Chico State in 1959, Gipson did graduate work in psychology at the University of Illinois and received a doctorate in experimental psychology from Vanderbilt University in 1968. As a professor at Pacific, Gipson received the Faye and Alex Spanos Distinguished Teaching Award in 1982, for excellence in teaching and commitment to student achievement within the College of the Pacific, the University's school of arts and sciences. He was chair of Pacific's psychology department from 1975-81.
