Edward Gross (2) (1921–2013)

[excerpted from Dignity Memorial online obituary]
He had many academic positions at Washington State University, the University of Minnesota and the University of Washington until his retirement in 1989. He was also a Fulbright Fellow at the University of Queensland and Griffith University in Australia. In 1987, he was invited by the government of China to lecture on American higher education, which he carried out in several Chinese cities.

He was the author of a number of widely used studies in books and numerous academic journals. These dealt with the goals and structure of universities and of bureaucratic organizations, as well as with the careers of academic administrators.

A second interesting those publications was on the subject of embarrassment which he felt to be a fundamental index to character and social life. He was fond of saying that although we all experience embarrassment, how we handle it ells us much about our inner life. His studies in embarrassment led him to a brush with media attention even to appearing on TV talk shows as well as many radio shows.

In his 60s, he enrolled as a full time student to pursue a law degree. Although he did receive a law degree and practiced briefly in a small firm he soon was teaching again in the university honors program on the
subject of law and community.

These and other achievements led to his being included in Who's Who for many years.