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Julian Edmund"Chuck" Gross Electrical Engineer, Inventor Julian Edmund"Chuck" Gross passed away from natural causes in Northampton, Massachusetts on June 4, 2003. He was born on December 21, 1926 in Northampton to Julian Zigmund Gross and Martha A. (Petroski) Gross. Mr. Gross was 76. Mr. Gross graduated from Northampton High School in 1944. Following his graduation, he joined the Navy for two years just prior to the Korean Conflict. After his service, Mr. Gross attended MIT where he received both a Bachelor of Science and a Master of Science degree in Electrical Engineering in 1951. On June 9, 1951, the day after his graduation, he married Ednarae Bligh in West Roxbury, Massachusetts. Upon his graduation, Mr. Gross was hired by Sandia Corporation and the couple then moved to Albuquerque, New Mexico. During his employment, Mr. Gross was awarded a patent on a time-interval measuring device he invented for the Atomic Energy Commission. Mr. Gross had a never-ending thirst for knowledge and creativity as an engineer and inventor. Mr. Gross lived in Albuquerque from 1951 to 1964. He enjoyed raising a family, river rafting, exploring old ghost towns, camping, and fossil hunting while he lived in the West. Other interests included hiking, backpacking, skiing, and 4-wheeling in his Land Rover (long before the term became widely-known). Early in 1964, Mr. and Mrs. Gross were involved in an automobile accident on Tennessee Pass in Colorado while on a skiing vacation. Mr. Gross sustained permanent brain damage as a result of the accident, and spent the remainder of his life in a nursing home in Northampton. His wife, Ednarae B. Gross, a brother, Albion Gross and his father Julian Z. Gross preceded Mr. Gross in death. Mr. Gross is survived by his mother, Martha P. Gross; and brother, Edward Gross and his wife, Marion of Northampton; sisters, Helen Chabot and her husband, Victor of St. Louis, Missouri, and Gertrude Lashway of Easthampton; three sons, Stephen Gross of Northampton, Allan R. Gross and Jeffrey R. Gross of Albuquerque; and a daughter, Janis C. Gross of Longmont, Colorado. Survivors also include many loving nieces and nephews in the Northampton area. A funeral service for Mr. Gross was held on June 7, 2003 at St. Mary's Cemetery in Northampton. Memorial gifts may be made to a charity of the donor's choice.
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