Perry Edward Gross (Figure 1) was born and raised in Jeannette, Pennsylvania. He attended the University of Pittsburgh in 1943 and 1944 before being drafted into the army. While in the army, Dr. Gross served in Japan the year after World War II ended. Thereafter, he returned to his studies for a year at the University of Pittsburgh before entering the Chicago Medical School in 1947. During his college years he played on the tennis team, sang in the Heinz Chapel Choir, and worked on the staff of the newspaper (The Pitt News) and the yearbook (The Owl). He was a member of the honorary biological science fraternity, Nu Sigma Sigma, and the honorary activities fraternity, the ...