Michael Gross Gross

James lives outside Richmond, VA with wife Maria, and their first child and my first grandchild, DeiHunna (Filipino for Diana) David lives nearby in Falmouth, MA with his wife Jenna.

Graduated from UMO in 1974, Journalism, after 2 years at USM studying both music and English. Did a USO Tour with USM students in 1971, decided not to make music a career. After starting my career opening Penobscot Bay Medical Center as their PR Director, I returned to radio news/program managing, and finally left the radio business forever in 1981, moving into private education (Hinkley School) and higher education (UMO-Cape Cod Community College), PR/Marketing/Strategic Communications - retired in July 2018. Numerous regional and national awards throughout my career in both radio/PR-Communications. Throughout all of this I've maintained a professional level of jazz/big band percussion, as well as almost 15 years of musical theater music direction, including a stint working with Warner Brothers on the 50th Anniversary production of the Wizard of Oz. Still playing/directing professionally today.

Did John Weeks know we routinely broke into his office to steal pep band music to play at various sports games? John Dorgan, did you have to leave the propane on in Chem class to go out to talk to Beverly Calderwood, and THEN come back to light that Bunson Burner? The flames were truly beautiful - Chemical Ken was not impressed.... Maynard Stanley, I can still see you walking up to woodshop with your deer rifle barrel sticking up out of your backpack as you headed to make the stock for the gun you were building. My how things have changed.