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Box 9

 Container

Contains 7 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

Purdue University textbooks, 1956 - 1972

 Sub-Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSA 283, Series 2, Sub-Series 5
Scope and Contents Many of the Purdue textbooks have Ross' name written on the inside cover.
Dates: 1956 - 1972

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

Shames, I. H. Mechanics of fluids. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1962

 Item — Box: 9, Item: 1
Identifier: MSA 283, Series 2, Sub-Series 5, Item 5
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: Many of the Purdue textbooks have Ross' name written on the inside cover.
Dates: 1962

Hesse, W. J.; Mumford, N.V.S., Jr. Jet propulsion for aerospace applications. New York: Pitman Publishing Corporation, 1964

 Item — Box: 9, Item: 2
Identifier: MSA 283, Series 2, Sub-Series 5, Item 6
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: Many of the Purdue textbooks have Ross' name written on the inside cover.
Dates: 1964

Blakelock, J.H. Automatic control of aircraft and missiles. New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1965

 Item — Box: 9, Item: 3
Identifier: MSA 283, Series 2, Sub-Series 5, Item 7
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: Many of the Purdue textbooks have Ross' name written on the inside cover.
Dates: 1965

Golomb, M.; Shanks, M. Elements of ordinary differential equations. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1965

 Item — Box: 9, Item: 4
Identifier: MSA 283, Series 2, Sub-Series 5, Item 8
Scope and Contents Ross' name written inside, Golomb and Shanks were both Mathematics professors at Purdue.
Dates: 1965