Ku dhammee weedhan soo socota: Gibbons wuxuu ku dhashay magaalada Newark, New Jersey wuxuuna ku koray magaalada Belleville, New Jersey. Wuxuu ka qalin jabiyay dugsiga Saint Benedict's Preparatory School sanadkii 1942. Wuxuu ka soo shaqeeyey ciidamada badda ee Maraykanka intii u dhaxeysay 1943 ilaa 1946. Gibbons wuxuu ka qalin jabiyay Kulliyadda Quduuska ah ee Quduuska ah sanadkii 1947 isagoo haysta shahaadada Bachelor of Science iyo Dugsiga Sharciga ee Harvard sanadkii 1950 isagoo haysta shahaadada Bachelor of Laws. Kadib markii uu qalin jabiyay, Gibbons wuxuu ku biiray shirkadda Crummy & Consodine. Kadib dhowr sano oo uu la shaqeynayay shirkadda, waxaa loo magacaabay la-hawlgalaha shirkadda oo magaceeda loo beddelay Crummy, Consodine & Gibbons. Sanadkii 1967, Gibbons wuxuu noqday Madaxweynaha Ururka Qareenada Gobolka New Jersey, sidoo kale wuxuu xubin ka ahaa Guddiga Guddoomiyaha ee Rabshadaha Madaniga ah. Tani waxay ahayd waqtigii
rabshadihii Newark oo ay ku dhinteen 23 qof in ka badan 1,500 oo kalena ay xireen. Shirkada ayaa jawaab u bixisay iyadoo gawaari ay ka buuxaan qareeno u dirtay maxkamadaha si ay u dardar geliyaan ka baaraandegista codsiyada damaanad qaadista iyo yareynta buuxinta xabsiyada. Shirkada waxay wakiil ka ahayd dad badan oo la soo eedeeyay oo aan wax lacag ah la siinin.