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Robert E. Gross (businessman)

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Gross bet the future of the struggling new company on the (for its time) very advanced all-metal, retractable Model 10, named the Electra. This design, and its numerous descendants, came to dominate the light transport market in the 1930s and was used in numerous record-setting flights. The Electra
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placed Lockheed in a strong competitive position, and from 1937 the company mass-produced
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in his senior year. In 1932, a group of investors led by Robert and his brother
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This article about an American businessperson born in the 1890s is a
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in Middletown, Rhode Island and graduated in 1915. He attended
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bought the Lockheed Aircraft Company from the bankrupt
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Gross 136:St. George's School 1568:Harvard University 1141:Culture & lore 365:(1942–43, 1945–50) 335:(1903–17, 1923–24) 304:Walter Brown Arena 181:at the age of 64. 158:, renaming it the 130:Gross was born in 1612: 1611: 1584: 1583: 1104:Pentagonal League 189:In the 2004 film 179:pancreatic cancer 109: 108: 73:September 3, 1961 1707: 1633: 1626: 1619: 1595: 1588: 1576: 1569: 1527: 1230: 1167: 1166:All-time leaders 406: 263: 254: 247: 240: 231: 230: 177:Gross died from 120:Great Depression 76: 57: 55: 40: 26: 25: 1715: 1714: 1710: 1709: 1708: 1706: 1705: 1704: 1670:Lockheed people 1640: 1639: 1638: 1637: 1585: 1580: 1574: 1567: 1558: 1525: 1519: 1454: 1318: 1242: 1228: 1222: 1210:Retired numbers 1205: 1165: 1159: 1136: 1115: 1074: 404: 398: 315: 265: 261: 258: 221:Robert E. Gross 217: 205: 187: 148:ice hockey team 128: 105: 88: 78: 74: 65: 59: 53: 51: 43: 31: 30:Robert E. 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Robert Gross (disambiguation)

Newton, Massachusetts
Los Angeles
California
aviation
Great Depression
Newton, Massachusetts
St. George's School
Harvard
captain
ice hockey team
Courtlandt S. Gross
Detroit Aircraft Corporation
Lockheed Aircraft Corporation
P-38 Lightning
Constellation
pancreatic cancer
The Aviator
Brent Spiner
National Aviation Hall of Fame
Robert E. Gross
Find a Grave
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Harvard Crimson men's ice hockey
Franklin Park
Harvard Stadium Rink
Boston Arena

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