Steven T. Ross
Steven Thomas Ross (4 July 1937 – 12 August 2018) was an American military historian. Steven Thomas Ross was born to Ruth Berlin Ross and Michael Bakunin Ross and raised in Hewlett, New York. Ross graduated from Williams College and earned a doctorate from Princeton University and taught at the University of Nebraska and the University of Texas before joining the United States Naval War College faculty, where he remained for thirty years and was named the William V. Pratt Chair in Military History. He also served as a visiting professor at Yale University and Williams College, worked  for the Defense Intelligence Agency as a military analyst and was a scholar-in-residence at the Central Intelligence Agency. His knowledge, enthusiasm for teaching and candor contributed to the education of three generations of military leaders. He was awarded the United States Navy Meritorious Civilian Service Award. He died on 12 August 2018, aged 81, and was buried at Beth Olam Cemetery on Wyatt Road in Middletown, Rhode Island.