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Robert Ellsworth Gross (May 11, 1897 – September 3, 1961) was an American businessman involved in the field of aviation
Aviation

File:Norwegian military Bell 412SP helicopters.jpgAviation refers to activities involving man-made flying devices , including the people, organizations, and regulatory bodies involved with them....
. His first venture, the Viking Flying Boat Company, failed with the loss of the aircraft market brought on by the Great Depression
Great Depression

File:International depression.pngThe Great Depression was a worldwide economic Recession starting in most places in 1929 and ending at different times in the 1930s or early 1940s for different countries....
.

Gross was born in Newton, Massachusetts
Newton, Massachusetts

The City of Newton in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, Massachusetts,is a large residential suburb of Boston, Massachusetts, which abuts it on the east....
. He attended St. George's School, Newport
St. George's School, Newport

St. George's School is a private, Episcopal Church in the United States of America-affiliated, coeducational boarding school in Middletown, Rhode Island , Rhode Island, USA....
 and graduated in 1915. In 1932, a group of investors led by Robert and his brother Courtlandt S. Gross
Courtlandt S. Gross

Courtlandt Sherrington "Cort" Gross was an United States aviation pioneer and executive who served as a leading officer of Lockheed Corporation for 35 years....
 bought the Lockheed Aircraft Company from the bankrupt Detroit Aircraft Corporation
Detroit Aircraft Corporation

The Detroit Aircraft Corporation was incorporated on July 10, 1922, as the Aircraft Development Corporation in Michigan. The name was changed in 1929 to Detroit Aircraft Corporation....
, renaming it the Lockheed Corporation
Lockheed Corporation

The Lockheed Corporation was an United States aerospace company founded in 1912 which merged with Martin Marietta in 1995 in aviation to form Lockheed Martin....
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Robert Ellsworth Gross (May 11, 1897 – September 3, 1961) was an American businessman involved in the field of aviation
Aviation

File:Norwegian military Bell 412SP helicopters.jpgAviation refers to activities involving man-made flying devices , including the people, organizations, and regulatory bodies involved with them....
. His first venture, the Viking Flying Boat Company, failed with the loss of the aircraft market brought on by the Great Depression
Great Depression

File:International depression.pngThe Great Depression was a worldwide economic Recession starting in most places in 1929 and ending at different times in the 1930s or early 1940s for different countries....
.

Gross was born in Newton, Massachusetts
Newton, Massachusetts

The City of Newton in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, Massachusetts,is a large residential suburb of Boston, Massachusetts, which abuts it on the east....
. He attended St. George's School, Newport
St. George's School, Newport

St. George's School is a private, Episcopal Church in the United States of America-affiliated, coeducational boarding school in Middletown, Rhode Island , Rhode Island, USA....
 and graduated in 1915. In 1932, a group of investors led by Robert and his brother Courtlandt S. Gross
Courtlandt S. Gross

Courtlandt Sherrington "Cort" Gross was an United States aviation pioneer and executive who served as a leading officer of Lockheed Corporation for 35 years....
 bought the Lockheed Aircraft Company from the bankrupt Detroit Aircraft Corporation
Detroit Aircraft Corporation

The Detroit Aircraft Corporation was incorporated on July 10, 1922, as the Aircraft Development Corporation in Michigan. The name was changed in 1929 to Detroit Aircraft Corporation....
, renaming it the Lockheed Corporation
Lockheed Corporation

The Lockheed Corporation was an United States aerospace company founded in 1912 which merged with Martin Marietta in 1995 in aviation to form Lockheed Martin....
. Robert Gross served as the corporation's president from 1934 to 1956.

During this period, the company was a major producer of P-38 Lightning
P-38 Lightning

The Lockheed Corporation P-38 Lightning was a World War II United States fighter aircraft. Developed to a United States Army Air Corps requirement, the P-38 had distinctive twin booms and a single, central nacelle containing the cockpit and armament....
 fighters for World War II
World War II

World War II, or the Second World War , was a global military conflict which involved a Participants in World War II, including all of the great powers, organised into two opposing military alliances: the Allies of World War II and the Axis powers....
 and Constellation
Lockheed Constellation

The Lockheed Constellation, affectionately known as the "Connie", was a four-engine propeller-driven airliner built by Lockheed between 1943 and 1958 at its Burbank, California, USA, facility....
 airliners after the war.

Gross died from pancreatic cancer
Pancreatic cancer

Pancreatic cancer is a cancer of the pancreas. Each year in the United States, about 37,680 individuals are diagnosed with this condition and 34,290 die from the disease each year....
 at the age of 64.

In the 2004 film The Aviator
The Aviator

The Aviator is an Cinema of the United States biographical film drama film, film director by Martin Scorsese and based on the life of Howard Hughes....
, the character of Robert Gross appeared in a brief scene, played by Brent Spiner
Brent Spiner

Brent Jay Spiner is an American acting, best known for his portrayal of the android Data in the television and film series Star Trek: The Next Generation....
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