- Source: Courtlandt S. Gross
Courtlandt Sherrington "Cort" Gross (21 November 1904 – 15 July 1982) was an American aviation pioneer and executive who served as a leading officer of Lockheed Corporation for 35 years. He retired as chairman in 1967.
Life and career
Gross was born in Boston, Massachusetts, and attended Harvard University. He and his brother Robert E. Gross purchased the company Lockheed Corporation in 1932 and built it into an aerospace conglomerate.
Gross, his wife Alexandra Van Rensselaer Devereux Gross, and their housekeeper Catherine O'Hara VanderVeur were murdered in their home in Villanova, Pennsylvania. Drifter Roger P. Buehl was convicted of the murders.
References
External links
Time magazine cover illustration of Gross February 11, 1966.
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Courtlandt S. Gross
- Lockheed Corporation
- Courtlandt Gross House
- Robert E. Gross (businessman)
- Allan Lockheed
- Villanova, Pennsylvania
- St. George's School (Rhode Island)
- List of covers of Time magazine (1960s)
- St. Thomas' Church, Whitemarsh
- List of New York state senators
