William Alexander Ross

William Alexander Ross died June 24, 2010. Bill graduated from West High School in Rockford, Illinois. At Dartmouth he was a member of the bank, ROTC and rifle team while earning a Tuck-Thayer degree. After the Army he returned to Rockford, working as an engineer, and moved to the Twin Cities where he finished as senior vice president of Eaton Corp. hydraulics division. By our 55th reunion Bill was retired and living in Longboat Key, Florida, though maintaining a toe in Minneapolis. He is survived by his wife, Corinne, and sons David and Gordon.



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Alumni Books
New titles from Dartmouth writers (March/April 2025)
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New Bishop
Diocese elevates its first female leader, Julia E. Whitworth ’93.
Reconstruction Radical

Amid the turmoil of Post-Civil War America, Amos Akerman, Class of 1842, went toe to toe with the Ku Klux Klan.

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Kirsten Gillibrand ’88
A U.S. senator on 18 years in Washington, D.C.

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