Judges and Judiciary
Nov. 2, 2004
A Name Is Merely a Label and Should Not Be Confused With the Real Thing
What was a great present for a bright kid in 1953? A Gilbert chemistry set. My name happened to be Gilbert. It still is. When I was in high school, everyone thought I would be a whiz in chemistry. That's how stupid people were in those days. Thank God my name was not Einstein. Is Ernest Hemingway's brother, the accountant, a brilliant novelist?
2nd Appellate District, Division 6
Arthur Gilbert
Presiding Justice, 2nd District Court of Appeal, Division 6
UC Berkeley School of Law, 1963
Arthur's previous columns are available on gilbertsubmits.blogspot.com.
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What was a great present for a bright kid in 1953? A Gilbert chemistry set. My name happened to be Gilbert. It still is. When I was in high school, everyone thought I would be a whiz in chemistry. That's how stupid people were in those days. Thank God my name was not Einstein. Is Ernest Hemingway's brother, the accountant, a brilliant novelist?
I proved everyone wrong when I took high-school chemistry and coined the ph...
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