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{{For|other people and places named Vince Whibbs|Vince Whibbs (disambiguation)}}
{{Infobox Biography
| subject_name =Vincent John Whibbs, Sr.
| image_name =VinceWhibbs.jpg
| image_size =200px
| image_caption =Vince Whibbs, Sr.
| date_of_birth =[[February 8]], [[1920]]
| place_of_birth =Buffalo, New York
| date_of_death =[[May 30]], [[2006]]
| place_of_death =Pensacola, Florida
| occupation =car Automobile dealer, politician<br/>[[Pensacola City Council]]<br/>[[Mayor of Pensacola]]
| religion =Catholic
| spouse =[[Anna Marie Stuart Whibbs]]
| parents =
| children =[[Ann Whibbs Brown]]<br/>[[Vincent John Whibbs, Jr.]]<br/>[[William Joseph Whibbs]]<br/>[[Kathleen Whibbs Matthews]]<br/>[[Gregory Michael Whibbs, Sr.]]<br/>[[Mark Thomas Whibbs, Sr.]]<br/>[[John Paul Whibbs]]
}}
'''Vincent John Whibbs, Sr.''' ([[1920]]-[[2006]]) was a [[mayor of Pensacola]], businessman and civic leader.
Born [[February 8]], [[1920]] in Buffalo, New York, Vince Whibbs joined the Pontiac Motor Division of General Motors in 1940 while attending the University of Buffalo. During World War II he served as a fighter pilot and flight instructor with the U.S. Army Air Corps.
[[Image:VinceWhibbsPontiacSign.jpg|thumb|left|Vince Whibbs in front of the Pontiac dealership he founded.]]
He returned to the Pontiac Motor Division in 1946 and became a zone manager before resigning in [[1958]] to open [[Vince Whibbs Pontiac]] in Pensacola. Today the dealership is the Pensacola area dealer for Cadillac, Buick, Pontiac, GMC Truck and Saab. He was also the founder of Pacific Motor Co., a General Motors dealership in Taipei, Taiwan. Whibbs served as chairman of the board of [[AmSouth Bank]]s of Florida and as a director of AmSouth Bank Corp. He also served on the board of directors of the [[Southern Company]], Georgia Power Company and [[Gulf Power Company]].
A former member of the boards of trustees of [[Pensacola Junior College]] and the [[University of West Florida]], Whibbs was awarded an honorary doctorate by UWF for his many years of public service. A founding member of [[St. Paul's Catholic Church]], Whibbs was appointed by Pope John Paul II as a Knight of St. Gregory in [[1995]]. In the final months of his life, he became a passionate advocate for the [[Community Maritime Park]] project, occupying the third principal position in the [[Community Maritime Park Associates]] group after the death of his friend, [[Vice Admiral Jack Fetterman]].
Whibbs passed away on [[May 30]], [[2006]], at the age of 86. On [[August 24]], 2006, he the [[Pensacola City Council]] voted 9-0 to name the Community Maritime Park after him.
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