Background
Gross, Malcolm Joseph was born on October 2, 1940 in Allentown, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of John Tilghman and Agnes Amelia (Lieberman) Gross.
Gross, Malcolm Joseph was born on October 2, 1940 in Allentown, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of John Tilghman and Agnes Amelia (Lieberman) Gross.
A.B.cum laude, Muhlenberg College, 1962. Juris Doctor, Villanova University, 1965.
Bar: Pennsylvania 1965, United States district court (ea and middle districts) Pennsylvania 1965, United States Court Appeals (3rd circuit), Supreme Court of the United States Court Law clerk to chief justice Pennsylvania Supreme Court, 1966. Partner Brennen & Gross, Allentown, 1966-1972, Gross & Brown, Allentown, 1972-1976. Senior partner Gross, McGinley & McGinley, Allentown, 1976-1983, Gross, McGinley & LaBarre, Allentown, 1983.
Partner Gross, McGinley, LaBarrre, & Eaton.
Assistant public defender Lehigh County, 1969-1972. Disciplinary committee Pennsylvania Superior Court, 1975-1979.
Solicitor Lehigh Valley Child Care, Incorporated., 1971-1983, Lehigh County Office Children and Youth Services, 1972-1987, Head Start Lehigh Valley, since 1980, Wiley House, 1981. Vice president, president Allentown Symphony Association, 1990.
Secretary Lehigh Valley Conference Health Care, 1994.
President Grandview Cemetery Association, Allentown, 1966-1995. Law lecturer Muhlenberg College, 1972-1987, Lehigh University, 1988. Chairman, secretary, treasurer station WLVT-television 39, 1969-1994.
Member collections com Muhlenberg College Executive Com Board Associations, Allentown Art Museum, Cedar Crest College Lecturer in field President, Cause, 1969-1971. Member Governor"s Council on Alcohol and Drug Abuse, 1969-1975.
Member American Bar Association, Pennsylvania Bar Association (constitutional law and child abuse commission), Lehigh County Bar Association(orphan court rules and juvenile court commission), Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Association (Board of Governors), American Inns of Court, Sigma Phi Epsilon.
Board editors VillanovaLaw Review, 1964-1965.
Married Lona Mae Farr, August 24, 1963 (divorced April. Married Sally Lorensen Oeler, April. Married Janet Abramson, November 21, 1992.
Children: Andrea, Stacey, John, Peter.