Engineer, historian, genealogist, author, b. Dec. 25, 1917, Lynchburg, Va., son of Thomas Gibson Hobbs and Sarah Melville Bolling; served as aviator during World War II aboard U.S.S. Enterprise (CV-6); served on Board of Trustees, Lynchburg College for 39 years; served on Board of Directors of Engineering Foundation of the University of Virginia; member of Rotary Club of Lynchburg (Va.), wrote history of the Club; member of the Virginia Canals and Navigations Society; director emeritus, American Canal Society; author of numerous articles on Mt. Athos property and Oxford Furnace in Campbell County, mills and railroads; researched family genealogy, especially the Bolling, Hobbs, and Imboden families, especially Gen. John Daniel Imboden (1823-1895) and his brothers; author, with William R. Dunn, of Historical sketches from The Iron Worker; member, Sarah Winston Henry Branch, the Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities; member, steering committee for Blackwater Creek Natural Area (Lynchburg, Va.); served on Riverfront Study Committee and Public Works Museum committee; member, Historic Redevelopment and Events Committee, Lynchburg (Va.) Bicentennial Commission; board member Lynch's Ferry Authority, Inc.; member, Community Advisory board, Center for History and Culture of Central Virginia; d. Oct. 25, 2005, Lynchburg (Va.)
From the description of Research collection, 1960-2002 1974-2000 (Lynchburg Public Library). WorldCat record id: 30065940
