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... Gross. On the heels of Pearl Harbor, he enrolled in the US Coast Guard Academy because of his love of the sea and his commitment to saving lives.
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... He worked with a small group of colleagues to develop the fundamentals that made computer disk memories possible, and published the first scientific papers on gas lubrication in magnetic recording disk drives. His book Gas Film Lubrication (1962)
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... Gross' entrepreneurial engineering class at UNM not only opened his eyes to the possibilities of helping society through technology but also inspired him to start his own business. "I am thankful for knowing him and will remember him always," he says.
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... He revitalized the New Mexico Solar Energy Association in the 1980s, served on the Albuquerque Energy Conservation Council, and worked with renewable energy programs in Kenya and Sudan. He created a joint UNM-University of Khartoum graduate program with
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... He also volunteered his time and gifts in many ways, such as by serving on the Albuquerque Energy Conservation Council, Albuquerque Urban Enhancement Trust Fund Committee, Lovelace Inhalation Toxicology Research Institute Board, New Mexico Solar Energy Association Board, and Sigma Xi Board. He was a significant presence in the Albuquerque Friends Meeting and other Quaker entities.


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