Talk:Mason Welch Gross

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Timeline

1911 Birth in Hartford, Connecticut
1920 Living in Hartford, Connecticut
1925 Attends Taft School in Watertown, Connecticut
1934 B.A. from Jesus College, Cambridge
1937 M.A. in classics from Jesus College, Cambridge
1938 Ph.D. from Harvard University
1938 Begins as instructor at Columbia University
1940 Marriage to Julia Kernan
1942 Ends as instructor at Columbia University
1942 Begins Army Intelligence Corps in Italy during World War II
1945 Ends Army Intelligence Corps
1946 Assistant professor of philosophy and assistant to the dean of the College of Arts and Science at Rutgers University
1949 Promoted to Full Professor at Rutgers University and made provost to Robert Clothier
1949 Begins as panelist on Think Fast
1950 Ends as panelist on Think Fast
1951 Robert Clothier resigns and Lewis Webster Jones becomes president
1952 Begins tenure as judge on Two for the Money
1955 Ends tenure as judge on Two for the Money
1958 Vice Presidency of Rutgers University
1958 Lewis Webster Jones resigns in August
1959 Presidency of Rutgers University on May 6
1971 Retired from Rutgers University
1975 Mason Gross School of the Arts created
1977 Death in Red Bank, New Jersey

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Trustee

Mason Gross and Rutgers Campus Reacton to Kent State

It was a privilege to know Mason Gross as a teacher and as a strong supporter of Rutgers rowing. I was coaching lightweight crew at Rutgers in 1970 and Dr. Gross paid my salary out of his own pocket. When the killings at Kent State occurred on May 4, 1970, the New Brunswick campus was in turmoil. After a narrow vote by the faculty failed to support a campus wide strike, there was a move to occupy the administration building - as had been done earlier at Columbia. When students arrived at Olde Queens, Dr. Gross met them at the door and invited them in. He had arranged for a sound system to be set up in a window facing the lawn where students could gather. He had coffee prepared and had opened up the phone lines telling students to call home and let their parents know they were safe. He turned what could have been an ugly confrontation into an opportunity to cement student and faculty unity. His leadership at that time remains one of the most vivid memories of my 8 years at Rutgers University. Revmoran 16:19, 7 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]