CMA Commandant of Cadets and later director of the Summer Schools. Rossow led Culver Cadets in the rescue effort at the 1913 Logansport flood.
He also served as superintendent of the Indiana State Police. Several years after retirement, he returned to CMA as chief steward of the mess hall.
He is the namesake of the Col. Robert Rossow Award, awarded to the best all-around second classman in the cavalry.
His son, Robert Rossow, Jr., was in CMA class of 1935.
The Rochester Sentinel, Tuesday, April 12, 1960
Col. Robert Rossow
Funeral services will be Wednesday at 2 p.m. in the chapel of Culver Military Academy for Col. Robert ROSSOW, 79, former Academy superintendent and former head of Indiana state police.
Col. Rossow died at 9 a.m. Monday in Culver, where he was living in retirement. Friends may call at the Easterday funeral home in Culver. Burial will be in the Culver Masonic cemetery.
Founder of the Academy's famed Black Horse Troop, Col. Rossow also had directed the summer woodcraft camp, summer cavalry camp as well as being commander of cadets. He retired in 1945 from Academy service, returned in 1952 as mess hall superintendent and then retired again in 1957.
From 1947 until 1949, he was superintendent of the Indiana state police.
A native of Delray, Mich., he served the Philippines with the 14th U.S. Cavalry. During World War i, he was commander of a machine gun battalion in France and later served in Germany with the army of occupation. He became a colonel in the cavalry reserve corps in 1924.
Among survivors are the wife, one son and one daughter.
He also served as superintendent of the Indiana State Police. Several years after retirement, he returned to CMA as chief steward of the mess hall.
He is the namesake of the Col. Robert Rossow Award, awarded to the best all-around second classman in the cavalry.
His son, Robert Rossow, Jr., was in CMA class of 1935.
The Rochester Sentinel, Tuesday, April 12, 1960
Col. Robert Rossow
Funeral services will be Wednesday at 2 p.m. in the chapel of Culver Military Academy for Col. Robert ROSSOW, 79, former Academy superintendent and former head of Indiana state police.
Col. Rossow died at 9 a.m. Monday in Culver, where he was living in retirement. Friends may call at the Easterday funeral home in Culver. Burial will be in the Culver Masonic cemetery.
Founder of the Academy's famed Black Horse Troop, Col. Rossow also had directed the summer woodcraft camp, summer cavalry camp as well as being commander of cadets. He retired in 1945 from Academy service, returned in 1952 as mess hall superintendent and then retired again in 1957.
From 1947 until 1949, he was superintendent of the Indiana state police.
A native of Delray, Mich., he served the Philippines with the 14th U.S. Cavalry. During World War i, he was commander of a machine gun battalion in France and later served in Germany with the army of occupation. He became a colonel in the cavalry reserve corps in 1924.
Among survivors are the wife, one son and one daughter.
CMA Commandant of Cadets and later director of the Summer Schools. Rossow led Culver Cadets in the rescue effort at the 1913 Logansport flood.
He also served as superintendent of the Indiana State Police. Several years after retirement, he returned to CMA as chief steward of the mess hall.
He is the namesake of the Col. Robert Rossow Award, awarded to the best all-around second classman in the cavalry.
His son, Robert Rossow, Jr., was in CMA class of 1935.
The Rochester Sentinel, Tuesday, April 12, 1960
Col. Robert Rossow
Funeral services will be Wednesday at 2 p.m. in the chapel of Culver Military Academy for Col. Robert ROSSOW, 79, former Academy superintendent and former head of Indiana state police.
Col. Rossow died at 9 a.m. Monday in Culver, where he was living in retirement. Friends may call at the Easterday funeral home in Culver. Burial will be in the Culver Masonic cemetery.
Founder of the Academy's famed Black Horse Troop, Col. Rossow also had directed the summer woodcraft camp, summer cavalry camp as well as being commander of cadets. He retired in 1945 from Academy service, returned in 1952 as mess hall superintendent and then retired again in 1957.
From 1947 until 1949, he was superintendent of the Indiana state police.
A native of Delray, Mich., he served the Philippines with the 14th U.S. Cavalry. During World War i, he was commander of a machine gun battalion in France and later served in Germany with the army of occupation. He became a colonel in the cavalry reserve corps in 1924.
Among survivors are the wife, one son and one daughter.
He also served as superintendent of the Indiana State Police. Several years after retirement, he returned to CMA as chief steward of the mess hall.
He is the namesake of the Col. Robert Rossow Award, awarded to the best all-around second classman in the cavalry.
His son, Robert Rossow, Jr., was in CMA class of 1935.
The Rochester Sentinel, Tuesday, April 12, 1960
Col. Robert Rossow
Funeral services will be Wednesday at 2 p.m. in the chapel of Culver Military Academy for Col. Robert ROSSOW, 79, former Academy superintendent and former head of Indiana state police.
Col. Rossow died at 9 a.m. Monday in Culver, where he was living in retirement. Friends may call at the Easterday funeral home in Culver. Burial will be in the Culver Masonic cemetery.
Founder of the Academy's famed Black Horse Troop, Col. Rossow also had directed the summer woodcraft camp, summer cavalry camp as well as being commander of cadets. He retired in 1945 from Academy service, returned in 1952 as mess hall superintendent and then retired again in 1957.
From 1947 until 1949, he was superintendent of the Indiana state police.
A native of Delray, Mich., he served the Philippines with the 14th U.S. Cavalry. During World War i, he was commander of a machine gun battalion in France and later served in Germany with the army of occupation. He became a colonel in the cavalry reserve corps in 1924.
Among survivors are the wife, one son and one daughter.
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