A reporter for the Daily Sentinel newspaper in Grand Junction, Colorado in the 1950’s and 1960’s. According to fellow Sentinel employee John Goulet, Gadd created controversy in his reporting of local events. He was fond of reciting Chaucer and of music. He was close friends with John Goulet. The family lived on Fruitridge Road, but eventually moved to Colorado Springs. There, Gadd started his own newspaper, but it did not succeed. He died during the 1970’s.