Walter Otto Gross

Background

Gross, Walter Otto was born on November 23, 1912 in Pirmasens, Pfalz, Federal Republic of Germany. Son of Ludwig and Wilhelmine (Haber) Gross. arrived in Switzerland, 1964.

Education

Diploma in medicine and chemistry, Humanist-Gymnasium, Pirmasens, 1932.

Career

Assistant, U. Greifswald, Federal Republic of Germany, 1939-1941; lecturer, U. Greifswald, Federal Republic of Germany, 1942; lecturer, U. Erlangen, Federal Republic of Germany, 1951-1954; researcher, Robert Koch Institute, Berlin, 1954-1956; researcher, Max Planck Institute, Berlin, 1957-1963; researcher, U. Lausanne, Switzerland, 1964-1985; researcher, U. Fribourg, Switzerland, since 1986.

Achievements

• Walter Otto Gross has been listed as a noteworthy Biologist by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

2nd Lieutenant German Air Force, 1943-1944, prisoner of war, Donezbecken, Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics, 1945-1950. Member German Anatomical Society, Swiss Anatomical Society, German Development Biological Association, European Tissue Culture Club.

Interests

• Avocation: mountaineering.

Connections

Married Ursula Weisse, 1939 (divorced 1940). 1 child, Hans-Jürgen. Married Gudrun Hilger, September 29, 1951.

Father:

Ludwig Gross

Mother:

Wilhelmine (Haber) Gross

Spouse:

Gudrun Hilger

Spouse:

Ursula Weisse

child:

Hans-Jürgen Gross