Raleigh W. Gamble, son of William Elliot Gamble and Clara Bixby, was born in Chicago, Illinois, on November 8, 1892. He graduated from Crane Technical Institute in Chicago in 1911 and enrolled in the University of Wisconsin in September 1911. He received a B.S. degree from the University of Wisconsin in Civil Engineering in June 1916. After graduation he worked as a street construction inspector for the City of Milwaukee from July 8, 1916 to August 1, 1916 at which time he transferred to the Milwaukee Sewerage Commission where he was employed until September 30, 1923. For a short time he worked for the Wenzel and Henoch Company but returned to the City of Milwaukee on June 1, 1924 as Superintendent of the Bureau of Street Construction and Repairs, which position he held until his retirement on July 9, 1954. In 1950 he was named Director of Expressways in addition to his other function, a position he held until April 1954 when the control of the expressways was transferred to the county. After retirement he was District Engineer for the Asphalt Institute in Chicago from 1954 to 1957. From 1957 to his death in 1962, he held a part-time lectureship in Civil Engineering at Marquette University and in 1962 was named director of its engineering institutes. In 1917 he married Gladys J. Bautz in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. There were two children: a daughter, Marian Gamble, now Mrs. W. Ward Smith, and a son, Richard C. Gamble.
