John D. Ross, Jr., a former resident of Holyoke, is a graduate of Brown University (B.A. 1943) and Boston University School of Law (L.L.B. 1948). John served in the United States Marine Corps. as a Lieutenant from 1943 to 1946. He was admitted to the Massachusetts and Federal Bar in 1949 and is a former Vice President and President of the Hampden County Bar Association. John was admitted to the American College of Trial Lawyers in 1973 and is a former lecturer on Massachusetts Practice and Procedure at Western New England School of Law.