Frederick Phelps Ross ’35

FRED DIED PEACEFULLY at his home in Fitchburg, Mass Oct. 1, 1990. He had been slowed down by a stroke three years ago.

Fred was born in Detroit Nov. 8, 1915, and came to Princeton from Cranbrook School, Bloomfield Hills, Mich. He majored in biology and was elected to Sigma Yi, was undergraduate manager of Cloister, and (with Aaron Brown) was undergraduate bridge champion for two years.

He graduated from Harvard Medical School in 1939 and interned in the Boston medical complex. At the end of 1942, Fred and Olivia Vogel of Boston were married, and two weeks later he shipped out with the Army's Fifth General Hospitalthe "Harvard Univ.for service in Australia and New Guinea.

in 1952 Fred became surgeoninchief at Burbank Hospital in Fitchburg, a post he retained until 1985. Under his leadership a number of innovative programs were developed, including a surgical residency for leading interns from the Brigham Hospital for Women in Boston. A member of several medical associations, he served as chairman of the Fitchburg Board of Health, and was a fellow of die American College of Surgeons.

Fred's wife, Olivia, died in 1989. He is survived by his sons Jeffrey and David; daughters Frances, Sally, and Pippin; seven grandchildren; and a brother, David'44, to all of whom we send our sincere sympathy.

The Class of 1935