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	<~~blockquote~~>''“I call myself a Ritchie Boy Wannabe so that if, in a future life, I can choose my occupation and vocation, I would be a Ritchie Boy.”''</~~blockquote~~>		<div class="center" style="max-width:36em; margin:0.75em auto 1.25em; font-size:105%;">''“I call myself a Ritchie Boy Wannabe so that if, in a future life, I can choose my occupation and vocation, I would be a Ritchie Boy.”''</div>

	Daniel Gross was born in the Bronx (NYC) to secular Jewish parents who emigrated from Eastern Poland. He graduated with a degree in Mechanical Engineering from the Cooper Union. He had a 38-year career as a Research Engineer with the National Bureau of Standards (later the National Institute of Science and Technology) performing research dealing primarily with the growth and spread of fires in buildings. Upon retirement, he volunteered with the National Park Service to conduct research on the recently declassified records at the National Archives (NARA) dealing with interrogation of enemy prisoners of war at Fort Hunt (“Post Office Box 1142”). He broadened his research at NARA to concentrate on the history and demographics of the training of intelligence officers at [[Camp Ritchie]], Maryland during World War II.		Daniel Gross was born in the Bronx (NYC) to secular Jewish parents who emigrated from Eastern Poland. He graduated with a degree in Mechanical Engineering from the Cooper Union. He had a 38-year career as a Research Engineer with the National Bureau of Standards (later the National Institute of Science and Technology) performing research dealing primarily with the growth and spread of fires in buildings. Upon retirement, he volunteered with the National Park Service to conduct research on the recently declassified records at the National Archives (NARA) dealing with interrogation of enemy prisoners of war at Fort Hunt (“Post Office Box 1142”). He broadened his research at NARA to concentrate on the history and demographics of the training of intelligence officers at [[Camp Ritchie]], Maryland during World War II.

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'''Dan Gross''' (Daniel Gross), founder of the original public Ritchie Boys website and longtime researcher of Camp Ritchie history, passed away on '''22 May 2024'''.

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<blockquote>''“I call myself a Ritchie Boy Wannabe so that if, in a future life, I can choose my occupation and vocation, I would be a Ritchie Boy.”''</blockquote>

Daniel Gross was born in the Bronx (NYC) to secular Jewish parents who emigrated from Eastern Poland. He graduated with a degree in Mechanical Engineering from the Cooper Union. He had a 38-year career as a Research Engineer with the National Bureau of Standards (later the National Institute of Science and Technology) performing research dealing primarily with the growth and spread of fires in buildings. Upon retirement, he volunteered with the National Park Service to conduct research on the recently declassified records at the National Archives (NARA) dealing with interrogation of enemy prisoners of war at Fort Hunt (“Post Office Box 1142”). He broadened his research at NARA to concentrate on the history and demographics of the training of intelligence officers at [[Camp Ritchie]], Maryland during World War II.

His research and public pages are the foundation for much of what appears on this wiki, including [[Introduction]], [[By The Numbers]], [[Symposium Presentation]], and [[Notable Ritchie Boys]].

== See also ==
* [[Contributors]]
* [[Introduction]]
* [[Contact Us]]
* [https://www.facebook.com/rbofwwii Ritchie Boys of WWII] (Facebook)

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