David M. Ross ’44

Dave died in Pittsburgh, Pa., on Jan. 21, 2002.

He prepared at Exeter and at Princeton majored in classics; he was active in lacrosse, the Orange Key, and the Westminster Society; he was a member of Charter Club and roomed, at various times, with Dykema, Holland, Barton, Rice, and Murdock.

Dave served as a lieutenant with the Sixth Marine Division in the Pacific and as part of the occupation forces in China. He returned to his hometown, Detroit, doing advertising for Chevrolet, until 1957, when he and his wife, Helga, moved to Pittsburgh. An award-winning technical writer, he worked for US Steel, developing the Steelmark, which is now the logo of the Steelers football team.

Active with the North Hills Christian Church, Dave and his wife had four children, Thomas, Henrietta, Alice, and John, and nine grandchildren, to whom his classmates send their regrets.

The Class of 1944