Kirby, Rob. "Benedict H. Gross: Becoming a mathematician", Celebratio Mathematica, 2023. Accessed December 4, 2024. "Dick was born in South Orange, New Jersey on June 22, 1950, the day his sister Ruth graduated from high school and his brother Av graduated from junior high.... Even so, by his tenth grade year, Dick had exhausted the offerings at West Orange High School so he transferred to the Pingry School, a private school about ten miles from home."
