Background
Gross, Mason Welch was born on June 1, 1911 in Hartford, Connecticut, United States. Son of Charles Welles and Hilda Frances (Welch) Gross.
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Gross, Mason Welch was born on June 1, 1911 in Hartford, Connecticut, United States. Son of Charles Welles and Hilda Frances (Welch) Gross.
Student Taft School, 1925-1929, U. Aberdeen, 1929-1930. Bachelor of Arts, Cambridge University, 1934, Master of Arts, 1937. Doctor of Philosophy, Harvard, 1938.
Doctor of Laws, Princeton, 1959, Lafayette College, 1960, Washington College, 1961, Muhlenberg College, 1962, Rider College, 1964, Seton Hall University, 1966, Saint Peter’s College, 1967, U. Florida, 1970, Rutgers University, 1971.
Doctor of Science, Stevens Institute Technology, 1963. Doctor of Humane Letters, Waynesburg College, 1964.
Assistant in philosophy Harvard, 1937-1938. Instructor philosophy Columbia, 1938-1942. Assistant professor philosophy, assistant to dean College Arts and Sciences, Rutgers University, 1946-1947, associate professor philosophy, assistant dean, 1947-1949, professor philosophy, 1949-1971, emeritus, 1971-1977.
President Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation, 1972-1977, provost, 1949-1959, president, 1959-1971, emeritus, University, 1971.
Board of managers Howard Savings Institution, Newark. Chairman National Book Committee, 1968-1971.
Director American Council Education, 1966-1970. New Jersey chairman United Negro College Fund, 1965-1974.
Trustee, past president Middlesex General Hospital.
Trustee Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation, Vassar College, New Jersey Symphony Orchestra, Institute International Education. Board regents Saint Peters College, Jersey City. Raritan Area administrator New Jersey Department Civil Defense, 1950-1954.
Member American Philosophical Association, Regional Plan Association (director), New Jersey Council On Arts, Phi Beta Kappa. Clubs: Harvard, University, Century Association (New York City).
Married Julia Kernan, September 6, 1940. Children: Ellen Clarissa (Mistress Francis A. Miles), Katharine Wood (Mistress Clayton H. Farnham), Charles Welles, Thomas Welch.