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Mason Welch Gross was born on 3 June, 1911 in Hartford, Connecticut, U.S., is an American academic. Discover Mason Welch Gross's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 66 years old?

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Age 66 years old
Zodiac Sign Gemini
Born 3 June 1911
Birthday 3 June
Birthplace Hartford, Connecticut, U.S.
Date of death 11 October, 1977
Died Place Riverview Hospital Red Bank, New Jersey, U.S.
Nationality United States

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Who Is Mason Welch Gross's Wife?

His wife is Julia Kernan

Family
Parents Hilda Frances Welch (c1880-1962) Charles Welles Gross (1877-1957)
Wife Julia Kernan
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Children Ellen Clarissa Gross Katharine Wood Gross Charles Welles Gross Thomas Welch Gross

Mason Welch Gross Net Worth

His net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Mason Welch Gross worth at the age of 66 years old? Mason Welch Gross’s income source is mostly from being a successful academic . He is from United States. We have estimated Mason Welch Gross's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.

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1906

He had two siblings: Spencer Gross (1906–1982) and Cornelia Gross (1914-?).

Charles Gross was an attorney.

Mason started in the Hartford public grade school system and two years at Hartford High School.

1911

Mason Welch Gross (June 3, 1911 – October 11, 1977) was an American television quiz show personality, philosopher and academic.

He was born in Hartford, Connecticut in 1911 to Hilda Frances Welch (c. 1880-1962) and Charles Welles Gross (1877–1957).

1925

He then entered the Taft School, a preparatory school in Watertown, Connecticut in 1925.

1927

In 1927 he became ill following his inoculation for scarlet fever.

He missed a year of school and spent part of the year at a ranch belonging to his mother's cousin in Arizona.

1934

Mason earned his Bachelor of Arts in 1934; and Master of Arts degree in classics in 1937, at Jesus College, University of Cambridge.

While there he rowed under the legendary Steve Fairbairn.

1938

He returned to the United States and studied at Harvard University under Alfred North Whitehead, earning his PhD in 1938.

1940

He taught at Columbia University from 1938 to 1942, where he met Julia Kernan, a Vassar graduate, and they married on September 6, 1940.

They had four children together: Ellen Clarissa Gross who married Frank A. Miles, Katharine Wood Gross who married Clayton H. Farnham, Charles Welles Gross, and Thomas Welch Gross.

He then served in World War II in the Army Intelligence Corps, and was assigned to a bomber group based in Italy.

Gross earned the Bronze Star, and was later discharged as a Captain.

1946

He then became Assistant Professor of Philosophy and Assistant to the Dean of Arts and Science at Rutgers University in 1946.

1947

In 1947 he was promoted to assistant dean and associate professor, and in 1949 was appointed to the newly created position of provost to take over the duties of the ailing Robert Clarkson Clothier who took a leave of absence.

1949

From 1949 to 1950 he was a panelist on the television quiz show, Think Fast.

1951

Clothier resigned his office in 1951 and Gross continued as provost under the newly appointed Lewis Webster Jones.

1952

He was also a judge for the show, Two for the Money from 1952 to 1955.

He oversaw large-scale development on all the University's campuses, including the development of Livingston College from the Army's former Camp Kilmer.

1958

He was then given the additional title of vice president in 1958.

Jones resigned the presidency in August 1958, and in February 1959, Gross was chosen as president.

1959

The namesake of Mason Gross School of the Arts, he served as the sixteenth President of Rutgers University from 1959 to 1971.

On May 6, 1959, he became the sixteenth president of Rutgers University.

1962

During his tenure Rutgers University acquired the Center of Alcohol Studies in 1962, formerly housed at Yale University since the 1920s, and established a medical school.

1967

Gross served during turbulent times with student protests over the Vietnam War which saw the Rutgers ROTC building burned, and race riots in nearby Newark, New Jersey in 1967.

During this time, Gross received recognition for refusing to dismiss Eugene Genovese, a professor who early during the Vietnam War publicly supported the Viet Cong and welcomed their victory in Southeast Asia.

1971

In 1971, after 25 years of service, 12 as the university president, he retired.

He then became the director of the Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation and served until his death.

At the time of his death, he was a resident of Rumson, New Jersey.

1977

He died in Riverview Hospital in Red Bank, New Jersey, at age 66 in 1977.

1979

The School for the Creative and Performing Arts at Rutgers was renamed as the Mason Gross School of the Arts in 1979 in his honor.

1980

In 1980 Rutgers University Press published The Selected Speeches of Mason Welch Gross.