David McGibbon

“So much determination, perseverance and curiosity; so much kindness, generosity and gathering in order to assemble, repair and reconfigure. Your gentle heart touched many. Your genius for repairing the broken was famous. You were blessed with a special magic” X. Lancaster-McGibbon

David was born and grew up in Detroit, Michigan and Richmond, Virginia , studied engineering at University of Virginia and then came west with his mother Ruth, brother John and sister Susan to join his older brother Michael in Santa Barbara.

In Santa Barbara he discovered in his own words, ocean and mountains, oranges, adobe clay, Jaguar XKE, Mountain Drive wine stomps, LSD (when it was still legal), marijuana, universal consciousness, I Ching, the game of Go, Vietnam on TV, the burning of the bank, Big Sur, and Krishnamurti at the tree in Ojai. David married briefly.

His son Chris, daughter in law Sian and grandson Sebastian survive him as well as his sister Susan, and nieces and nephews (Daniel, Heather, Jim, Jenny and Clare and grand nieces and nephews (Sutter, Harper, Luca and Dylan). His brothers, John (Sabra) and Michael (Xanthe) predecease him.

He married Mary Weeks on the bicentennial July 4,1976 David owned and operated Cam-x Camera Repair in Santa Barbara for a number of years. He later assisted his brother John in the electrical business installing technically advanced assemblies. He started Festool USA with his brother Michael introducing high end German wood working tools to craftsmen in this country and continued working with that company for a few years as a technical advisor.