Published by the MIT News Office at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Mass.

January 9, 1991

Edmund Lee Gamble Dies

Professor Edmund Lee Gamble, 84
A memorial service was held last month for Dr. Edmund Lee Gamble,  84, professor 
emeritus of inorganic chemistry, who died of cancer November 28. 
Professor Gamble was a member of the chemistry faculty from 1937 until his 
retirement in 1971. A devoted teacher, he taught the freshman subjects for more 
than 20 years. He was also master of Baker House for a number of years.
A native of Haymarket, Va., Professor Gamble was graduated from Washington and 
Lee University in 1929. He received the SM degree in 1930 and the PhD in 1932 
from MIT.
He is survived by his widow, Bruna Cavalieri Henn; a daughter, Beverly Marlow of 
New York; four grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Remembrances may be 
sent to the American Cancer Society.