Awards and Honors
- Defense Superior Service Medal with one Oak Leaf
- Legion of Merit
- Defense Meritorious Service Medal with three Oak Leaf Clusters
- Meritorious Service Medal with one Oak Leaf
- Distinguished Graduate of the USAF Test Pilot School
- Outstanding Flight Test Engineer Award, Class 75B
- Recipient of 15 NASA medals
- American Astronautical Society Victor A. Prather Award for space walking achievements (1985, 1990, 1999), and Flight Achievement Award (1992, 1996, 1999, 2002)
- Honorary Doctor of Science, Purdue University
- Jerry Ross Elementary School in Crown Point, Indiana was named after him.
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