Stanislaw Gross

Environmental sciences educator, scientist

Born Nov. 27, 1924, Lodz, Poland; came to U.S., 1962; son of Oskar and Janina (Gundelach); children: Krzysztof, Zbigniew, Richard.

Education: Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.), 1947, Master of Chemical Engineering, 1949, Technical University of Lodz; Ph.D. (in organic chemistry), University of London (United Kingdom), 1961.

Career: division head, "Boruta" Dyestuff Factory, Zgierz (Poland), 1946-50; associate prof., Industrial Medical Institute, Lodz, 1950-58; biochemical cancer researcher, Chester Beatty Research Institute, London, 1958-62; senior scientist, Boyce Thompson Institute, Yonkers (NY), 1962-66; associate member, head, Molecular Biology Division, Institute for Muscle Disease, 1966-74, New York City; program director, 1974-93, adjunct prof., 1974 -, Graduate School of Health Sciences, New York Medical College, Valhalla.

Author: numerous articles in professional journals.

Member of: Polish Chemical Society; New York Academy of Sciences., Biophysical Society; Radiation Research Society; Polish Institute of Arts and Sciences of America (P.I.A.S.A.).

Language: Polish, English, German

Home: P.O. Box 422, Tarrytown, NY 10591

From: "Who's Who in Polish America" 1st Edition 1996-1997, Boleslaw Wierzbianski editor; Bicentennial Publishing Corporation, New York, NY, 1996