Background
Gross, Alfred Otto was born on April 8, 1883 in Atwood, Illinois, United States. Son of Henry and Sophia (Gross) Gross.
Gross, Alfred Otto was born on April 8, 1883 in Atwood, Illinois, United States. Son of Henry and Sophia (Gross) Gross.
Bachelor of Arts, University of Illinois, 1908. Research scholarship, Bermuda Biological Station, 1910-1911. Edward Austin research fellow, Harvard, 1911-1912, Doctor of Philosophy, 1912.
Doctor of Science (honorary), Bowdoin College, 1952.
Ornithologist, Illinois Natural History Survey, 1906-1908. Instructor in biology, Bowdoin College, 1912-1913, assistant professor biology, 1913-1922, professor, 1922-1953, emeritus, 1953. Joshiah Little professor natural science Bowdoin, 1950.
Ornithologist, Roosevelt Wild Life Experiment Station, 1924.
In charge Heath Hen Investigation, 1923-1927. In charge North.E. Ruffled Grouse Investigation, 1925-1935.
Research at Barro Colorado Island, Panama, 1925, Ecuador and Costa Rica, 1927-1928. In charge Prairie Chicken Investigation, Research Bureau, State of Wisconsin, 1929-1930.
Director Ornithological Expedition to Labrador, 1931.
Orinthologist in charge Bowdoin-MacMillan Artic Expedition, 1934. Member Ornithological Expedition, Cuba, 1947, Panama, 1949, Alaska, 1951. Ornithological investigation around the world, 1953, 56, 58, Africa, 1959, Hawaiian Islands, 1960.
Official United States delegate International Ornighol.
Congress, Sweden, 1950, Switzerland, 1954. Director Bowdoin Biological Station, 1935.
Biologist, United States Fish and Wildlife Service, 1944. Councilor Federation of Bird Clubs of New England, Incorporated.
Maine state adviser National Association of Audubon Societies.
Advisor to State of Maine department of fish and game. Trustee American Wild Life Institute.
Member Ornithological Expedition, Cuba, 1947, Panama, 1949, Alaska, 1951. Fellow American Zoologists, American Ornithologists’ Union (council), American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Geography Society. Member North.E. Bird Banding Association, (president) Boston Society National History, British Ecological Society, Maine Audubon Society (president), American Wildlife Society, Sigma Xi, Alpha Tau Omega, Gamma Alpha.
Club: Harvard Travellers.
Married Edna Grace Gross, July 2, 1913. Children: William Albert, Thomas Alfred, Edna Louise (Mistress Otis North. Minot).