Tim Gette

Tim is Executive Director of the Virginia Museum of Natural History located in Martinsville, Virginia.  He was born in San Bernardino, California, but as a "military brat", he attended schools in Fontana, California; Great Falls, Montana; Middletown, Pennsylvania; Chatearoux, France; Charleston, South Carolina and Terceria Island, Azores, Portugal before graduating from high school in the Azores.   He graduated with a B.A. in journalism in 1968 from Angelo State College (now Angelo State University) in San Angelo, Texas, where he was a Millard Cope Scholar and completed his Master's degree in Management at the University of Arkansas in 1974.

On October 15, 1977, Tim married Kristi Diane Barton at the First Presbyterian Church in San Angelo, Texas.  Tim and Kristi have two children: Brent Timothy Gette and Rebecca Marie Gette.  They live in Arlington, Texas, and Martinsville, Virginia.


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