Birth date: Dec 15, 1956 Death date: May 4, 2026
Dr. Bryan Gross PhD passed away on May4, 2026. He was a great mind, innovator, and loving father and husband. Bryan was born to Jack and Betty Gross on December 15th, 1956, in Fairbanks, Alaska. Ambitious from a young age, Bryan Read Obituary
I met Bryan in 2004 at Apollo‘s Karate. At that time, we had both started as white belts and shared class several times a week. We would do so for about the next 10 years as we earned our black belts together. He was one of the few mainstays throughout that time and someone that I always looked forward to seeing at class. He was 34 years older than me, but that certainly didn’t seem to be the case on the mat. He was amongst the most aggressive, skillful and well conditioned training partners in the room.
Not only did we share countless sparring matches, we would also try to innovate new approaches to techniques as well as discuss many other topics including education and work. He was incredibly intelligent and very generous with his knowledge, and I was fortunate to learn a great deal from him.
Bryan is included in many of my fondest memories from that time. I was truly saddened to hear of his passing, but I am more grateful to have spent so much time with him.
My time with Bryan was spent continuing to develop and improve upon QTSite and our site selection process. Andy Houdashelt shared one of Bryan's most important pieces to Modeling Good results was "Ocular Reconnaissance". He could build models through Regression, Volumetrics', Gravity etc. but the key was "You had to go to the field and "See" what the model results were telling you. In Store Development we would joke about Ocular Reconnaissance, but it was a real part of making site selection work.
A Great mind and a Very Good Man passed away last week. He will truly be missed.
Jamie Marchesano
I worked with Bryan and Cindy at MPSI for ten years. Although we didn’t work together closely, I knew Bryan to be a very thoughtful person, meaning he put thought into the subject at hand and spoke with conviction (and in terms I could understand). He was also very kind, with a great sense of humor and an accepting attitude towards others.
Cindy and Aaron, I’m sorry for your loss. He was truly a good person and will be missed by many.
Eleanor Moore
Bryan was a very special friend to my husband, Bill. I’m so sorry to hear of his passing. Cindy and Aaron you are in my thoughts and prayers. 💞Kathy Fischer
