Neal Gross

Background

Gross, Neal was born on December 9, 1920 in San Antonio, Texas, United States. Son of Ely and Lillian (Hochman) Gross.

Education

Student, University Chicago, 1945-1946. Graduate School Education.

Career

Teacher, researcher Iowa State University, 1941-1942, 46-48, University of Minnesota, 1948-1951. Faculty Harvard, 1951-1968, professor education, 1958-1962. Professor education and sociology, research associate Harvard (Center International Affairs), 1959-1968, professor sociology, 1962-1968.

Director Harvard (School Executive Studies), 1952-1957, Harvard (National Principalship Study), 1959-1968.

Also research associate Harvard (Center for Edition and Development). Professor sociology, professor education University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, from 1968.

Dean University of Pennsylvania (Graduate School Education), 1968-1974. Visiting fellow Wolfson College, Oxford (England) University, 1974.

Consultant Organization of European Cooperation and Development, Paris, 1974.

Ford Foundation special travel and research fellow, Western Europe, 1974-1975. Visiting professor U. Ife, Nigeria, 1979-1980.

Achievements

• Neal Gross has been listed as a noteworthy sociologist, educator. by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Served with United States Naval Reserve, 1943-1945. Fellow American Sociological Association (chairman commission on social studies curriculum in American secondary schools. Member Eastern Sociological Society, American Ednl.

Research Association, Sociological Research Association.

Connections

Married Pan Dale, March 10, 1948. Children: Sandra Jill, Linda Lorrie, Richard Conant.

Father:

Ely Gross

Mother:

Lillian (Hochman) Gross

Spouse:

Pan Dale

child:

Richard Conant Gross

child:

Sandra Jill Gross

child:

Linda Lorrie Gross