Background
Gross, Herbert Gerald was born on December 9, 1916 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of William Theodore and Lucille Eleanor (Powalski) Gross.
Gross, Herbert Gerald was born on December 9, 1916 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of William Theodore and Lucille Eleanor (Powalski) Gross.
Bachelor in Philosophy, Catholic University America, 1940. Master of Science in Physics, Catholic University America, 1950. Postgraduate, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1953.
Postgraduate, Northeastern University, 1955. Postgraduate, University of California at Los Angeles, 1968. Postgraduate, Colorado State University, 1968.
Physicist, project engineer, Raytheon Company, Newton, Massachusetts, 1951-1958;
physicist, project engineer, Edgerton, Germeshausen & Grier Company, Boston, 1958-1959;
staff scientist, Geophysics Corporation American, Bedford, Massachusetts, 1959-1964;
principal scientist, McDonnell Douglas Astronautics Company, Huntington Beach, California, 1964-1975;
director advanced development, H Koch & Sons, Anaheim, California, 1977-1993;
president, Gross Emergency Lighting Company, Santa Ana, California, since 1993. Consultant Harvard University Observatory, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1962-1963, Science and Applications, Inc., La Jolla, California, 1975-1976, Planning Research, Inc., Newport Beach, California, 1977-1978, Domar, Ltd., 1990-1993. Member task force National FireProtection Association.
Co-principal investigator Apollo lunar rocks for luminescence. Principal investigator laser-induced luminescence remote sensingof oil and hazardous materials spills in Los Angeles Harbor.
President Cedarwood Association, Waltham, Massachusetts, 1951-1954, Waltham Museum Club, 1954-1955. Founder Waltham Community Symphony, 1955. District director Waltham Hospital Fund Drive, 1956, Citizens Education Advisory Group, Tustin, California, 1967.
Treasurer South Coast Homeowners Association, Santa Ana, California, 1974-1976, president, 1976-1978. Member Laguna Beach Arts Festival. Member Planetary Society, Survival and Flight Equipment Association, Illuminating Engineering Society, Society Automotive Engineers (Executive Committee, chairman A-20C aircraft interior lighting subcommittee, member A-20 aircraft lighting committee), Elks.
Married Regina Marie Dwyer, September 22, 1951 (divorced December 1962). Children: Regina Marie, Gerald, Paul, Robert. Married Alice Marie Molway, June 13, 1964.
Stepchildren: Susan, Margaret, Judith, Joseph.