Gross, Carl R. (Carl Russell), 1888-1971

• 1888, July 24: Carl Russell Gross was born to William H. and Lena L. (Smith) Gross in Providence, Rhode Island.
• 1894 - 1901 : Attended the Thayer and Arnold Street Elementary Schools.
• 1903: Graduated from Thayer Street Grammar School.
• 1903 - 1905 : Student at Providence Technical High School.
• 1905 - 1907 : Left high school to work.
• 1907 - 1909 : Attended Howard Academy, Washington, D.C.
• 1909 - 1913 : Attended and graduated from the Howard University School of Medicine, Washington, D.C., wits Senior Class President. Licensed to practice medicine by the State Department of Health of Rhode Island.
• Opened his office in Providence.
• 1917: Joined the Providence Medical Association.
• 1917 - 1919 : Served in the United States Army Medical Corps.
• 1935 - 1936 : Appointed and served on State Tercentenary Committee of Rhode Island.
• 1939: Member of the board of the Crispus Attucks Association. Applied for positions on the staffs of hospitals in Providence, but was turned down because of his race.
• 1942: Resigned from district draft board of medical examiners after being sent only black draftees.
• 1943: Elected a fellow of tile Rhode Island Medical Society.
• 1946: Elected President of the John Hope Community Association.
• 1950: Appointed by Governor John O. Pastore to serve on the Rhode Island Committee to the Mid-Century White House Conference on Children and Youth.
• 1958: Member of the board of directors of the National Conference of Christians and Jews, Southern New England Region.
• 1960: Honored by the Irreproachable Beneficial Association.
• 1965: Honored by Northeastern Federation of Women's Clubs along with U.S. Senator Clifford Case (D-NJ), U.S. Senator Edward Brooke (R-MA), and U.S. Representative Gerald Ford (R-MI).
• 1970, June 6: Awarded honorary degree of Doctor of Humanities (DH) by Rhode Island College.
• 1971, April 7: Died at his home in Providence.

From the guide to the Carl R. Gross Collection, 1856-1966, (Moorland-Spingarn Research Center, Howard University)