of Manufacturing Engineers; and was inducted to the Silicon Valley Engineering Hall of Fame, among countless other awards and honors. She was one of the 昀椀rst names added to the Honor Wall overlooking the Potomac at the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of the American Indian. To the ceremony she wore a Cherokee Tear Dress, the o昀케cial tribal dress for women of the Cherokee Nation. Ross’ career was one of dedication and dreams. She held memberships in the industry’s most prestigious organizations and believed it her duty to be an inspiration for others. Ross lived in Los Altos, California. With an apricot tree in her backyard, she picked, dried, and sulphur-roasted the fruit. For years family members received them as Christmas gifts from “Aunt Gold.” She was an avid painter and enjoyed celebrating milestones with family and friends. Ross passed away just shy of her 100th birthday. In re昀氀ecting on her journey, she once said “ I started with a 昀椀rm foundation . . . and some qualities that came down from my Indian heritage. I had a great deal of curiosity, interest, willingness to study, to do research, and to learn, to try out new ideas, and, most of all, to work.” 33 35