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An Insirational Interview with Lois Gibson
Sonya Trippett: Congratulations on being in the Guinness Book of World Records
for solving the most crimes of any Forensic Artist in the World that is a phenomenal

accomplishment.

Sonya Trippett: Tell me about being in the Guinness Book of World Records. How
did it change your life?

Lois Gibson: I got in the Guinness Book of Records because I wanted other
forensic artists to quantify their positive results. I wanted the world to take our
profession seriously. I wanted there to be more than only 26 full-time forensic

artists in the entire country! Since I got the record there have been some serious
media organizations wanting to do something about me and my work on a TV show.

Sonya Trippett: Please tell us about your experience working as a Forensic Art

Instructor at Northwestern University. What do you teach your students? Do
you feel that what you are teaching your students will give them a well-rounded

experience of Forensic Arts while helping them to become better at learning to
solving crimes?

Lois Gibson: When I teach my forensic art class I immerse the students in forensic

art so they get a true idea of what it is like to work as a forensic artist. I love
teaching the class and I think I must be very effective at it. Many of my students
take the class two and three times. One student from Romania and another from

Abu Dhabi both liked my class so much they prompted their governments to have
me travel to their respective countries and give a forensic art class for their police

officers. I have helped start the forensic art careers of people all over this country
and the world.

Sonya Trippett: You are such a wonderful person and you do so much to help

people and to bring them justice. Please tell me about your MOST rewarding
experience while working as a Forensic Artist with the Houston Police Department
or while working as a Forensic Art Instructor at Northwestern University.

Lois Gibson: My most rewarding case was when I got with Officer Paul Deason at
his hospital bedside to sketch his attacker. Officer Deason stopped a motorist for a
traffic violation not realizing the driver was an escaped convict. The driver shot

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