![]() ![]() He and his older sister, Ernestine, wrote the bestselling books Cheaper by the Dozen (1948 adapted as a 1950 film) and its sequel Belles on Their Toes (1950 adapted as a 1952 film), which were largely autobiographical. He retired from The Post and Courier in 2001, as assistant publisher and vice president. In 1947, he relocated to Charleston, South Carolina, where he returned to The Post and Courier (the city's main daily newspaper), as an editorial writer and columnist under nom de plume Ashley Cooper, he wrote a long-running column, Doing the Charleston, which ran until 1993. Gilbreth graduated from the University of Michigan, where he served as editor of the college newspaper, The Michigan Daily.ĭuring World War II, he served as a naval officer in the South Pacific, participated in three invasions in the Admiralty Islands and the Philippines, and was decorated with two air medals and a bronze star. and Lillian Moller Gilbreth, and grew up in the family home in Montclair, New Jersey. ![]() ![]() Gilbreth was born in Plainfield, New Jersey, the fifth child (and first boy) of the 12 children born to efficiency experts Frank Gilbreth Sr. ![]()
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