A LEGACY

About the Book

A Legacy: 100 Years in the Life of a Successful Family Business chronicles the Rosses and their company that spanned into the fourth generation. From the rural Allegheny Mountains to Silicon Valley, their business grew from a Depression Era mom-and-pop shop to a phenomenally successful multinational corporation. Against shirtsleeve-to-shirtsleeve odds, this entrepreneurial family overcame heartbreaking setbacks with a powerful moral compass and matriarchal (not just patriarchal) spirit. This is a story of the American Dream experienced by the Ross family of Pittsburgh, whose innovative enterprise helped bridge the nation from the Third to the Fourth Industrial Revolution.

About the Author

Joel Ross was president and CEO of Universal Electric Corporation, UEC, one of America’s most successful family businesses spanning into the fourth generation, grew into a global multinational corporation. Ross earned a bachelor’s degree from Graceland University. He has Executive MBA accreditation from the University of Pittsburgh’s Institute for Entrepreneurial Excellence, and certification from Harvard Business School’s executive training program. Ross is on the board of Ulbrich Stainless Steels & Special Metals, Inc. and the Starline Legacy Group, a business venture in shared ownership with his family. Journalist and biographer Leeanne Seaver is a member of the Authors Guild. A Legacy is her tenth book including historical non-fiction titles This Writer: The History of the Simons, an American Newspaper Family (2023), Becoming Marjorie (2017), and The Pulse of Hope: A Surgeon’s Memoir (2014). She has a B.A. in English (Graceland University) and a graduate degree in Mass Communications from the University of Denver, Colorado. Seaver attended the Iowa Writers’ Workshop in 2011 and 2012. seavercreative.com