- He attended Fresno State University in Fresno, California but he graduated from Stanford University in Palo Alto, California with a Bachelor's Degree.
- He served as an intelligence officer for the United States Army in the Pacific during World War II. After his discharge, he moved to Los Angeles, California.
- He is survived by his daughter, Candida Gillis of Moscow, Idaho, and a grandson. He is survived by his brother, William Gillis of Walnut Creek, California.
- Retired, in Moscow, Idaho. (January 2008)
- Son of Ridgway Gillis and Marjorie Lyman Gillis.
- High school classmate of famous San Francisco newspaper columnist Herb Caen.
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