Educator. He was the first President of Johns Hopkins University, and was instrumental in establishing its hospital in 1889. He began the practice of requiring a college degree as a stipulation for entrance in the college, a practice that adopted by all other medical schools.  Family links:  Parents:  William Charles Gilman (1795 – 1863)  Eliza Coit Gilman (1796 – 1868)  Spouse:  Elisabeth Dwight Woolsey Gilman (1838 – 1910)*  Children:  Elisabeth Coit Gilman (1867 – 1950)*  Siblings:  Edward Whiting Gilman (1823 – 1900)*  Maria Perit Gilman (1824 – 1906)*  Harriet Lathrop Gilman Lane (1828 – 1881)*  Daniel Coit Gilman (1831 – 1908)  William Charles Gilman (1833 – 1922)*  Emily Serena Gilman (1835 – 1910)*  Louisa Gilman Lane (1838 – 1922)* *Calculated relationship