Lambert J. Gross ’37

Specialist in accounting and business administration and retired corporate executive Lambie Gross died Jan. 26, 1998, after a long illness. He left his second wife Rheta. His daughter Suzanne died in 1962, and his first wife Shirley in 1984. Both roommates, Sam Gilbert and Tom Cosgriff, predeceased him.

At Mercersburg Lambie was on the football and track teams. At Princeton he majored in English, was on the football team freshman year, and joined Elm. He earned a master's a the New York U. Graduate School of Business Administration and a CPA from New York State. He was a certified public accountant with R.G. Rankin & Co. in NYC until 1943, was treasurer of Autoflight Corp. until 1945, and crossed the country to be secretary of Adel Precision Products Corp. in Burbank. He also earned a CPA from California. He returned to NYC as comptroller of Electric Boat Co., became chief financial officer of General Dynamics, and then chairman of the board of Canadair Limited until 1960. He was v.p.-finance, treasurer, and director of Combustion Engineering, a worldwide manufacturing and engineering company, until he retired in 1980 and moved to Stuart, Fla., to pursue his sailing and golf.

Lambie continued his friendships from undergraduate days and was proud of his Princeton background. A man of congenial mien, he will be remembered fondly.

The Class of 1937