Fred R. Ross

Fred R Ross, a longtime resident of Clermont County Ohio, first came to MSU in the Fall of
1963 as a first-generation college student. He attended college as a financially independent
student and worked part time and summer jobs to pay for his education at MSU. He graduated
with his undergraduate degree in 1967 and his graduate in 1970. Upon graduation, he taught in
several school systems including Greenup County and Fleming County High Schools in
Kentucky and Clermont Northeastern High School and the Great Oaks Career Development
Campus of Scarlet Oaks in Ohio. He then served in several administrative positions including
Assistant Principal at New Richmond High School, Principal at Van Buren High School in
Findlay Ohio, and Business Manager for Eaton City Schools. From 1986-1998 he served
initially as Business Manager and then Assistant Superintendent for the Deer Park City Schools
near Cincinnati. Fred went on to serve as an Area Coordinator and Financial Consultant for the
Ohio Department of Education, Division of School Finance from 1999-2016. He also served as
an Adjunct Professor at Xavier University in Cincinnati teaching Ohio School Finance from
2010-2017. He retired in 2017 after devoting over 50 years to his career in education. To
continue to honor his love of education, he established the Fred R Ross Scholarship Endowment
at Morehead State University.