J Mark Gibson MD FRCP FRCPI (1953-2010)

John Mark Gibson was born, in London, on Easter Sunday, 5 April 1953. His father, John Gibson was Professor of Mental Health at Queen’s University Belfast and his mother Emily, had been a nurse in London during the Blitz. Mark grew up in South Belfast, and attended the Royal Belfast Academical Institution. Excelling academically, his diverse extracurricular activities included playing the double bass, cycling and steam trains. As a teenager he joined the City of Belfast and Northern Ireland Youth Orchestras and it was through music that he met his wife, Frances Dillon. For twenty-five years he would be leader of the bass section of the Belfast Studio Symphony Orchestra.