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Dr. Gross is a veteran media entrepreneur with an extensive background in marketing and business promotion, and has a history of community and statewide public health activism. Dr. Gross holds a Doctor of Dental Surgery Degree from the University of Illinois where he graduated Omicron Kappa Upsilon and a Master’s degree from the Columbia University School of Orthodontics. Dr. Gross was President of the Dental Society of the San Fernando Valley, California, where he headed numerous activities throughout the greater Los Angeles area. Some of those activities included health fairs hosted on KNBC-TV and at the L.A. Forum and the L.A. Coliseum. Dr. Gross was the host for 4 ½ years of Medicine Today, a live weekly radio show on KCSN radio in Los Angeles. He also produced and hosted Looking Good, Feeling Good. During its successful 10-year run, Dr. Gross promoted high-end medical, dental and pharmaceutical care on the show. Dr. Gross was also California State Chairman of the National Children’s Dental Health Week where he appointed actress/model Cheryl Tiegs and sportscaster Bryant Gumbel as his co-chair persons.Dr. Gross and his wife Joni have been happily married for 22 years. Dr. Gross has 3 children, Bill, Larry and Marcee who are also well known in the high-technology business world for their professional and academic achievements. Bill is the CEO and Chairman of Idealab, a highly regarded and successful incubator of advanced technology companies headquartered in Pasadena, California. Among its many successes, Idealab introduced paid search engines to the internet in 1997 with its company GoTo.com, Inc., later renamed Overture Services Inc. Overture was acquired by Yahoo in 2003 and is used as Yahoo’s highly acclaimed pay-for-performance search engine today. Larry was Vice-Chairman of Idealab and President of the education software company Knowledge Adventure, and a principal in Cendant Software. Currently Larry is CEO of Altra INC. an integrated renewable fuels company, mainly involved with Ethanol. Marcee was a former officer of Idealab, and is currently a director at Renal Touch a software company dealing with aiding kidney function. | 