Background
Gross, Jerome was born on February 25, 1917 in New York City.
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Jerome Gross
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Bachelor of Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1939. Doctor of Medicine, New York University, 1943.
Career
Research fellow in medicine, Harvard University Medical School, 1948-1950;
research associate, Harvard University Medical School, 1950-1954;
associate, Harvard University Medical School, 1954-1957;
assistant professor, Harvard University Medical School, since 1957;
associate professor, Harvard University Medical School, to 1969;
professor medicine, Harvard University Medical School, 1969-1987;
professor medicine emeritus, Harvard University Medical School, 1987. Clinical and research fellow Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, 1948-1951, associate biologist, 1951-1966, biologist, since 1966. Acting associate director Cutaneous Biology Research Center, Department Dermatology Massachusetts General Hosp, 1989-1991.
Senior investigator cutaneous Biology Research Center Department Dermatology Massachusetts Gen, Hisp., since 1992. Research associate Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1946-1955. Member subcommittee skeletal system National Research Council, 1955-1962.
Member science advising committee Helen Hay Whitney Foundation, 1956-1991. Established investigator American Heart Association, 1956-1961. Member of advisory panel molecular biology National Science Foundation, 1959-1962.
Chairman Board Science Counselors National Institute Dental Research, 1963-1966. Member molecular biology study section National Institutes of Health, 1966-1970, member breast cancer task force, 1975-1978. Board directors Medical Foundation, Inc., 1974-1980.
Achievements
Membership
Trustee, Helen Hay Whitney Foundation, since 1985. Board directors science affairs committee W. Alton Jones Science Center, 1986-1996. Member National Academy of Sciences, American Academy Arts and Science, American Society Cell Biology, American Society Biological Chemistry, Institute Medicine, Histochem.
Society (secretary 1956-1960).
Connections
Married 1947; 3 children.
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Nationality
American
Education
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1939
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1943
Awards
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Recipient Chemical Industries Basel award, 1959, Kappa Delta award American Academy Orthopedic Surgery, 1965, Klemperer award New York Academy of Medicine, 1988.Recipient Chemical Industries Basel award, 1959, Kappa Delta award American Academy Orthopedic Surgery, 1965, Klemperer award New York Academy of Medicine, 1988.