Lawrence J. Ross *57

Lawrence J. Ross, emeritus professor of English at Washington U. in St. Louis, Mo., died Jan. 23, 1996, in Jewish Hospital following a heart attack. He was 69.

Born in NYC, he earned his bachelor's at Queens College and his AM and PhD at Princeton in 1949 and 1957. Prior to joining the Washington U. faculty in 1964, he was an instructor at Princeton, an assistant professor at Johns Hopkins U., and an assistant professor at Howard U. He was a Fulbright Scholar and a fellow of the Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington, D.C. He retired from active teaching in 1994. Ross was a prolific author on the works of Shakespeare as well as of other English dramatists. He is survived by his wife, Luba, a daughter, Jenny, a son, Jonathan, and two grandchildren. We extend to each member of his family our sincere condolences.

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