Ross Campbell Shaw ’42

ROSS DIED June 12, 1990, at his home in Port St. Lucie, Fla., where he had lived since 1981. At the time of his death, which culminated a fiveyear struggle with emphysema, he was retired, having spent most of his career with Dupont, Garlock Packing Co., and the J. V. Calhoun Equipment Co. as an equipment engineer.

Ross joined the Class of 1942 after attending Episcopal Academy in Philadelphia. He majored in chemical engineering and was a member of Cloister Inn. Following graduation he worked for E. I. Dupont and was involved with the Manhattan Project during the war.

Ross and his wife, Dorothy, moved from the Philadelphia area to Port St. Lucie following his retirement in 1980. Ross loved young people and they loved him. He served as a coach and manager of Little League teams and taught a Sunday school class of teenagers at the Wayne, Penn., Presbyterian Church. Following the move to Florida, Ross became an avid and excellent tennis player. He also owned a boat which brought many happy hours to him and Dorothy.

Despite his debilitating illness, he never felt sorry for himself or lost his sense of humor, even when he was on oxygen 24 hours a day. Dorothy reported that he always found something to enjoy in life right to the very end.

To his widow, Dorothy, to his two sons, Ross Jr. and Bruce, and to his daughters, Cynthia, Linda, and Karen, the Class extends its most sincere sympathies.

The Class of 1942