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Mason Welch Gross (11 June 1911 – 11 October 1977) was an American television quiz show personality and academic who served as the sixteenth President of Rutgers University, serving from 1959 to 1971. June 11 is the 162nd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (163rd in leap years), with 203 days remaining. ... 1911 (MCMXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (click on link for calendar). ... October 11 is the 284th day of the year (285th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... For the album by Ash, see 1977 (album). ... Quiz Show is a 1994 film which tells the true story of the Twenty One quiz show scandal of the 1950s. ... Plato is credited with the inception of academia: the body of knowledge, its development and transmission across generations. ... Abraham Lincoln, 16th President of the United States (1861-1865) The majority of this article is about heads of states. ... Rutgers redirects here. ... Year 1959 (MCMLIX) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1971 (MCMLXXI) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1971 calendar). ...

Biography

He was born in Hartford, Connecticut in 1911 to Hilda Frances Welch (c1880-1962) and Charles Wells Gross (1877-1957). He had two siblings: Spencer Gross (1906-1982) and Cornelia Gross (1914-?). Charles Gross was an attorney.^[1] He started in the Hartford public grade school system and two years at Hartford High School. He then entered the Taft School, a preparatory school in Watertown, Connecticut in 1925. In 1927 he became ill following his inoculation for scarlet fever. He missed a year of school and spent part of the year at a ranch belonging to his mother's cousin in Arizona. This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... The Taft School is a top private coeducational prep school in Watertown, Connecticut founded by Horace Dutton Taft in 1890. ... Watertown is a town located in Litchfield County, Connecticut. ... It has been suggested that Arizona Governors Mansion be merged into this article or section. ...

Mason earned his Bachelors of Arts in 1934; and Master of Arts degree in classics in 1937, at Jesus College, University of Cambridge. A Bachelor of Arts (B.A. or A.B.) is an undergraduate academic degree awarded for a course or program in the arts and/or sciences. ... The degree of Master of Arts degree is an undergraduate degree awarded by the universities of Oxford and Cambridge as well as by the University of Dublin. ... Full name The College of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Saint John the Evangelist and the glorious Virgin Saint Radegund, near Cambridge Motto Facias Prosperum Iter Named after Jesus Lane & Jesus Parish Previous names - Established 1496 Sister College(s) Jesus College Master Prof. ... The University of Cambridge, located in Cambridge, England, is the second-oldest university in the English-speaking world, with a reputation as one of the worlds most prestigious universities. ...

He returned to the United States and studied at Harvard University under Alfred North Whitehead, earning his Doctor of Philosophy in 1938. He taught at Columbia University from 1938 to 1942, where he met Julia Kernan, a Vassar graduate, and they married on September 6, 1940. They had four children together: Ellen Clariss Gross who married Frank A. Miles, Katherine Wood Gross who married Clayton H. Farnham, Charles Wells Gross, and Thomas Welch Gross. Harvard University (incorporated as The President and Fellows of Harvard College) is a private university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. ... Alfred North Whitehead, OM (February 15, 1861 Ramsgate, Kent, England â€“ December 30, 1947 Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA) was an English-born mathematician who became a philosopher. ... This does not cite its references or sources. ... Columbia University is a private university whose main campus lies in the Morningside Heights neighborhood of the Borough of Manhattan in New York City. ... Vassar, Michigan is a place in the State of Michigan in the United States of America. ... September 6 is the 249th day of the year (250th in leap years). ... Year 1940 (MCMXL) was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1940 calendar). ...

He then served in World War II in the Army Intelligence Corps, and was assigned to a bomber group based in Italy. Gross earned the Bronze Star, and was later discharged as a Captain. Combatants Major Allied powers: United Kingdom Soviet Union United States Republic of China and others Major Axis powers: Nazi Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Harry Truman Chiang Kai-Shek Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tojo Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead... The Army intelligence logo. ... The Bronze Star Medal is a United States Armed Forces individual military decoration and is the fourth highest award for bravery, heroism or meritorious service. ...

He then became Assistant Professor of Philosophy and Assistant to the Dean of Arts and Science at Rutgers University in 1946. In 1947 he was promoted to assistant dean and associate professor, and in 1949 was appointed to the newly created position of provost to take over the duties of the ailing Robert Clothier who took a leave of absence. Clothier resigned his office in 1951 and Gross continued as provost under the newly appointed Lewis Webster Jones. He was then given the additional title of vice president in 1958. Jones resigned the presidency in August of 1958, and in February of 1959, Gross was chosen as president. On May 6, 1959, he became the sixteenth president of Rutgers University. Provost is from the Latin praepositus (set over, from praeponere, to place in front). It may mean: Provost (religion), a church official. ... Robert Allan Clothier was a prominent Canadian stage and television actor most famous for his role on the long running CBC television show, The Beachcombers. ... Leave of absence is a colloquial phrase that is typically used in the U.S. to mean an extended period of time away from your job without ending your employment status. ... Lewis Webster Jones (1899 in Emerson, Nebraska – 10 September 1975 in Sarasota, Florida) was the fifteenth President of Rutgers University serving from 1951 to 1958. ... May 6 is the 126th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (127th in leap years). ... Year 1959 (MCMLIX) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Rutgers redirects here. ...

From 1949 to 1950 he was a panelist on the television quiz show, Think Fast. He was also a judge for the show, Two for the Money from 1952 to 1955. [1] Quiz Show is a 1994 film which tells the true story of the Twenty One quiz show scandal of the 1950s. ... Two for the Money was an American game show which ran from 1952 to 1957. ...

He oversaw large-scale development on all the University's campuses, including the development of Livingston College from the Army's former Camp Kilmer. Gross served during turbulent times with student protests over the Vietnam War, and race riots in Newark, New Jersey in 1969. Rutgers redirects here. ... Camp Kilmer was activated in June 1942 as a staging area and part of an installation of the New York Port of Embarkation. ... Combatants Republic of Vietnam United States Republic of Korea Thailand Australia New Zealand The Philippines National Front for the Liberation of South Vietnam Democratic Republic of Vietnam Peopleâ€™s Republic of China Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea Strength US 1,000,000 South Korea 300,000 Australia 48,000... Nickname: The Brick City Map of Newark in Essex County Coordinates: County Essex Founded/Incorporated 1666/1836 Mayor Cory Booker, term of office 2006â€“2010 Area - City 67. ...

During this time, Gross received recognition for refusing to dismiss Eugene Genovese, a professor who early during the Vietnam conflict publicly supported the Viet Cong and welcomed their victory in Southeast Asia. During his tenure Rutgers University acquired the Center for Alcohol Studies in 1963, formerly housed at Yale University since the 1920s, and established a medical school. Eugence Dominic Genosvese (May 19, 1930-) was formally a Marxist and historian of the American South. ... Yale redirects here. ...

In 1971, after 25 years of service, 12 as the university president, he retired. He then became the director of the Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation and served until his death in Red Bank, New Jersey, at age 66 in 1977. The School for the Creative and Performing Arts at Rutgers was renamed as the Mason Gross School of the Arts in 1975 in his honor. Map of Red Bank in Monmouth County The Borough of Red Bank is a Borough in Monmouth County, New Jersey incorporated in 1908. ... Categories: Possible copyright violations ...

Gross served on the board of directors for Vassar College, Taft School, and Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital. Vassar College is a private, coeducational, highly selective liberal arts college situated in Poughkeepsie, New York. ... The Taft School is a top private coeducational prep school in Watertown, Connecticut founded by Horace Dutton Taft in 1890. ... Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital is a provider of comprehensive health services, medical education and clinical research in Central New Jersey. ...

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Categories: 1911 births | 1977 deaths | American academics | American educators | American World War II veterans | Cause of death missing | Harvard University alumni | Columbia University faculty | People from Hartford, Connecticut | People from New Jersey | Presidents of Rutgers University Lewis Webster Jones (1899 in Emerson, Nebraska – 10 September 1975 in Sarasota, Florida) was the fifteenth President of Rutgers University serving from 1951 to 1958. ... Rutgers redirects here. ... Edward J. Bloustein (1925-1989) Edward J. Bloustein (born 1925, in New York City New Yorkâ€”9 December 1989 in the Bahamas) was the seventeenth President of Rutgers University) serving from 1971 to 1989. ...

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