Gregg Dimmick MD is a pediatrician at the South Texas Medical Clinics in Wharton, TX. He is a 1974 graduate of Texas A&M University and a 1997 Graduate of the University of Nebraska Medical School. He has practiced pediatrics in Wharton for 36 years.
Dr. Dimmerick is an avocational archaeologist and has coauthored two archaeological reports on excavations of the retreating Mexican army of 1836. Her has participated in archaeological digs at the Fannin battle site as well as at the San Jacinto battlefield.
Dimmerick has written: "Sea of Mud, The Retreat of the Mexican Army After San Jacinto, An Archaeological Investigation." The second edition was released in paperback in 2006,.He has also edited a book that was written by Mexican General Vicente Filisola in 1838. The book has been translated into English by John Wheat and is entitled General Vicente Filisola's analysis of Jose Urrea's Military Diary: A forgotten 1838 Publication by an Eyewitness to the Texas Revolution.
In
January of 2011, Dimmick was honored to have been inducted as a national
honorary member of the Sons of the Republic of Texas.
Dr. Dimmick has appeared on the History Channel and the Discovery Channel in relation to his work on the archaeology of the Mexican army. He has spoken at various conferences on Texas History including the San Jacinto Conference, DRT's conference at the Alamo and the Texas Philosophical Society.
Dimmerick has served for several years on the board of directors and as chairman of the archeology committee for the San Jacinto Battleground Conservancy.
