Background
Gross, Ben S. was born on November 24, 1891 in Birmingham, Alabama, United States. Son of Adolph and Sarah (Kaufman) Gross.
Gross, Ben S. was born on November 24, 1891 in Birmingham, Alabama, United States. Son of Adolph and Sarah (Kaufman) Gross.
Student Tulane University, 1911-1912. Bachelor of Laws, University Alabama, 1914.
Reporter, feature writer Birmingham News, 1911-1914. Admitted to Alabama bar, 1915. Practiced in Birmingham, 1915-1917.
Member firm Banks, Deedmeyer & Birch.
Reporter Bronx (New York) Home News, 1919. Editor World Traveler magazine, New York City, 1919-1920.
Reporter, columnist New York Morning Telegraph, 1922-1923. Reporter, feature writer New York Morning Telegraph, 1922-1923, New York American, 1923.
Reporter-rewriteman Associated Press, New York City, 1924.
Reporter, labor editor, radio-television editor and critic, New York Daily News, 1925-1971. News, political commentator Radio Station WMCA, New York City, 1940-1941. Special commentator political conversations, National Broadcasting Company, 1944.
Commentator Station WPIX-television, New York City, 1948.
Member firm Banks, Deedmeyer & Birch. Served with 348th Infantry, 87th Division, Advertising Educational Foundation, United States Army, 1918-1919. Member Radio Pioneers, University of Alabama Alumni Association, National Press.
Married Kathleen Cotter, December 31, 1921 (deceased).