Box 7
Container
Contains 13 Collections and/or Records:
Education, 1939 - 1976
Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSA 283, Series 2
Scope and Contents
This series includes materials documenting Jerry Ross' coursework at Purdue University, including ROTC training and certificate of meritorious achievement - "Outstanding Basic Cadet" award, a two page reflection on "My Career in the Air Force;" reports and research material from his master's thesis, and training material from Maxwell Air Force Base and Gunter Air Force Base. Ross' United States Air Force special orders and documents are included, along with a few Air Force training items....
Dates:
1939 - 1976
List of members, Circle Pines, 1966 - 1967
Item — Box: 7, Folder: 1, Item: 2
Identifier: MSA 283, Series 2, Sub-Series 5, File 1, Item 2
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
This series includes materials documenting Jerry Ross' coursework at Purdue University, including ROTC training and certificate of meritorious achievement - "Outstanding Basic Cadet" award, a two page reflection on "My Career in the Air Force;" reports and research material from his master's thesis, and training material from Maxwell Air Force Base and Gunter Air Force Base. Ross' United States Air Force special orders and documents are included, along with a few Air Force training items....
Dates:
1966 - 1967
Notes taken by Ross, Purdue and Circle Pines, circa 1967
Item — Box: 7, Folder: 1, Item: 9
Identifier: MSA 283, Series 2, Sub-Series 5, File 1, Item 9
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
This series includes materials documenting Jerry Ross' coursework at Purdue University, including ROTC training and certificate of meritorious achievement - "Outstanding Basic Cadet" award, a two page reflection on "My Career in the Air Force;" reports and research material from his master's thesis, and training material from Maxwell Air Force Base and Gunter Air Force Base. Ross' United States Air Force special orders and documents are included, along with a few Air Force training items....
Dates:
circa 1967
Tomahawk pledge list, 1968
Item — Box: 7, Folder: 2, Item: 2
Identifier: MSA 283, Series 2, Sub-Series 5, File 2, Item 2
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
This series includes materials documenting Jerry Ross' coursework at Purdue University, including ROTC training and certificate of meritorious achievement - "Outstanding Basic Cadet" award, a two page reflection on "My Career in the Air Force;" reports and research material from his master's thesis, and training material from Maxwell Air Force Base and Gunter Air Force Base. Ross' United States Air Force special orders and documents are included, along with a few Air Force training items....
Dates:
1968
Sophomore class council, 1967 - 1968
File — Box: 7, Folder: 2, Item: 3
Identifier: MSA 283, Series 2, Sub-Series 5, File 2, Item 3
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
This series includes materials documenting Jerry Ross' coursework at Purdue University, including ROTC training and certificate of meritorious achievement - "Outstanding Basic Cadet" award, a two page reflection on "My Career in the Air Force;" reports and research material from his master's thesis, and training material from Maxwell Air Force Base and Gunter Air Force Base. Ross' United States Air Force special orders and documents are included, along with a few Air Force training items....
Dates:
1967 - 1968
Tomahawk actives list, 1968
Item — Box: 7, Folder: 2, Item: 5
Identifier: MSA 283, Series 2, Sub-Series 5, File 2, Item 5
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
This series includes materials documenting Jerry Ross' coursework at Purdue University, including ROTC training and certificate of meritorious achievement - "Outstanding Basic Cadet" award, a two page reflection on "My Career in the Air Force;" reports and research material from his master's thesis, and training material from Maxwell Air Force Base and Gunter Air Force Base. Ross' United States Air Force special orders and documents are included, along with a few Air Force training items....
Dates:
1968
Outline, History of Purdue and additional facts , 1968
Item — Box: 7, Folder: 2, Item: 6
Identifier: MSA 283, Series 2, Sub-Series 5, File 2, Item 6
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
This series includes materials documenting Jerry Ross' coursework at Purdue University, including ROTC training and certificate of meritorious achievement - "Outstanding Basic Cadet" award, a two page reflection on "My Career in the Air Force;" reports and research material from his master's thesis, and training material from Maxwell Air Force Base and Gunter Air Force Base. Ross' United States Air Force special orders and documents are included, along with a few Air Force training items....
Dates:
1968
220th Air Force Reserve Officer's Training Corps Cadet Wing, Purdue University, 1969 - 1970
File — Box: 7, Folder: 16
Identifier: MSA 283, Series 2, Sub-Series 5, File 16
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
This series includes materials documenting Jerry Ross' coursework at Purdue University, including ROTC training and certificate of meritorious achievement - "Outstanding Basic Cadet" award, a two page reflection on "My Career in the Air Force;" reports and research material from his master's thesis, and training material from Maxwell Air Force Base and Gunter Air Force Base. Ross' United States Air Force special orders and documents are included, along with a few Air Force training items....
Dates:
1969 - 1970
Member list, Angel Flight, Fall 1969
Item — Box: 7, Folder: 16, Item: 1
Identifier: MSA 283, Series 2, Sub-Series 5, File 16, Item 1
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
This series includes materials documenting Jerry Ross' coursework at Purdue University, including ROTC training and certificate of meritorious achievement - "Outstanding Basic Cadet" award, a two page reflection on "My Career in the Air Force;" reports and research material from his master's thesis, and training material from Maxwell Air Force Base and Gunter Air Force Base. Ross' United States Air Force special orders and documents are included, along with a few Air Force training items....
Dates:
Fall 1969
Directory; Advanced Corps, prepared by Arnold Air Society, Spring, 1970
Item — Box: 7, Folder: 16, Item: 2
Identifier: MSA 283, Series 2, Sub-Series 5, File 16, Item 2
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
This series includes materials documenting Jerry Ross' coursework at Purdue University, including ROTC training and certificate of meritorious achievement - "Outstanding Basic Cadet" award, a two page reflection on "My Career in the Air Force;" reports and research material from his master's thesis, and training material from Maxwell Air Force Base and Gunter Air Force Base. Ross' United States Air Force special orders and documents are included, along with a few Air Force training items....
Dates:
Spring, 1970
Handy abbreviation guide, circa 1970
Item — Box: 7, Folder: 16, Item: 3
Identifier: MSA 283, Series 2, Sub-Series 5, File 16, Item 3
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
This series includes materials documenting Jerry Ross' coursework at Purdue University, including ROTC training and certificate of meritorious achievement - "Outstanding Basic Cadet" award, a two page reflection on "My Career in the Air Force;" reports and research material from his master's thesis, and training material from Maxwell Air Force Base and Gunter Air Force Base. Ross' United States Air Force special orders and documents are included, along with a few Air Force training items....
Dates:
circa 1970
Programs, Purdue University Commencement June 7, 1970 and June 13, 1971 ("Jerry Lynn Ross" label on 1970 program), 1970 - 1971
File — Box: 7, Folder: 17
Identifier: MSA 283, Series 2, Sub-Series 5, File 17
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
This series includes materials documenting Jerry Ross' coursework at Purdue University, including ROTC training and certificate of meritorious achievement - "Outstanding Basic Cadet" award, a two page reflection on "My Career in the Air Force;" reports and research material from his master's thesis, and training material from Maxwell Air Force Base and Gunter Air Force Base. Ross' United States Air Force special orders and documents are included, along with a few Air Force training items....
Dates:
1970 - 1971
Jerry L. Ross papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSA 283
Scope and Contents
The Jerry L. Ross papers document Ross' student life at Purdue, his test flight engineer work, and NASA career as an engineer and astronaut. The collection includes Purdue coursework and memorabilia; papers from Ross' work at Edwards Air Force Base, Wright Patterson Air Force Base, and Test Pilot School; NASA Space Shuttle training, mission documents and mission related scrapbooks, memorabilia, and flight crew films and interviews, along with documents and maps from Ross' work on Space Shuttle...
Dates:
1940 - 2013; Majority of material found within 1970 - 2000