Background
Gross, David Lee was born on November 20, 1943 in Springfield, Illinois, United States. Son of Carl David and Shirley Marie (Northcutt) Gross.
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David Lee Gross
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AB, Knox College, 1965; Master of Science, University of Illinois, 1967; Doctor of Philosophy, University of Illinois, 1969.
Career
Assistant geologist, Illinois State Geological Survey, Champaign, 1969-1973; associate geologist, Illinois State Geological Survey, Champaign, 1973-1980; geologist, Illinois State Geological Survey, Champaign, since 1980; coordinator environmental geology, Illinois State Geological Survey, Champaign, 1979-1984; head environmental studies, Illinois State Geological Survey, Champaign, 1984-1989; assistant chief, Illinois State Geological Survey, Champaign, since 1991; executive director, Governor's Science Advisory Committee, Chicago, 1989-1991.
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Membership
Board Governors Channing-Murray Foundation, 1973-1976, president, 1976. Trustee Unitarian Universalist Church, Urbana, 1977-1980, chairman, 1977-1979. Board directors Volunteer Action Center, 1981-1985, chairman, 1984-1985.
Board directors United Way Champaign County, 1984-1989, Executive Committee, 1984-1985, chairman United Way Campaign, U.Ill., 1986. Board directors Volunteer Center, 1994-1997. Member Governor's Science Advisory Committee, 1989-1997.
Volunteer summer camp counselor for teenage youth, 1984-1996, 97,98. Board directors Illinois Prairie chapter American Red Cross, since 1997. Fellow Geological Society American, American Association for the Advancement of Science.
Member International Union Quaternary Research, American Quaternary Association, International Association Great Lakes Research, American Institute Professional Geologists (president Illinois-Indiana section 1980), Illinois State Academy Science, Rotary (president Urbana, Illinois chapter 1986-1987), Sigma Xi.
Connections
Married Claudia Cole, June11, 1966. Children: Oliver David, Alexander Lee.
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Nationality
American