quiz show, Think Fast. He was also a judge for the show, Two for the Money from 1952 to 1955. He oversaw large-scale development on all the University's campuses, including the development of Livingston College from the Army's former Camp Kilmer. Gross served during turbulent times with student protests over the Vietnam War which saw the Rutgers ROTC building burned, and race riots in nearby Newark, New Jersey in 1967. During this time, Gross received recognition for refusing to dismiss Eugene Genovese, a professor who early during the Vietnam War publicly supported the Viet Cong and welcomed their victory in Southeast Asia. During his tenure Rutgers University acquired the Center of Alcohol Studies in 1962, formerly housed at Yale University since the 1920s, and established a medical school. In 1971, after 25 years of service, 12 as the university president, he retired. He then became the director of the Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation and served until his death. At the time of his death, he was a resident of Rumson, New Jersey. He died in Riverview Hospital in Red Bank, New Jersey, at age 66 in 1977. Legacy The School for the Creative and Performing Arts at Rutgers was renamed as the Mason Gross School of the Arts in 1979 in his honor. In 1980 Rutgers University Press published The Selected Speeches of Mason Welch Gross. Timeline 1911 Birth in Hartford, Connecticut 1920 Hartford, Connecticut 1925 Attends Taft School in Watertown, Connecticut 1934 B.A. from Jesus College, Cambridge 1937 M.A. in classics from Jesus College, Cambridge 1938 Ph.D. from Harvard University 1938 Begins as instructor at Columbia University 1940 Marriage to Julia Kernan 1942 Ends as instructor at Columbia University 1942 Begins Army Intelligence Corps in Italy during World War II 1945 Ends Army Intelligence Corps 1946 Assistant professor of philosophy and assistant to the dean of the College of Arts and Science at Rutgers University 1949 Promoted to Full Professor at Rutgers University and made provost to Robert Clarkson Clothier 1949 Begins as panelist on Think Fast 1950 Ends as panelist on Think Fast 1951 Robert Clothier resigns and Lewis Webster Jones becomes president 1952 Begins tenure as judge on Two for the Money 1955 Ends tenure as judge on Two for the Money 1958 Vice Presidency of Rutgers University 1958 Lewis Webster Jones resigns in August 1959 Presidency of Rutgers University on May 6 1971 Retired from Rutgers