Bob Ross (April 2, 1934 – December 13, 2003) was the co-founder and former publisher of the Bay Area Reporter and a key gay rights and AIDS activist in San Francisco.
[1][2] For his lifetime work he was inducted into the National Lesbian and Gay Journalists Association Hall of Fame for creating two of the "most well-respected and enduring LGBT publications in the country".
In 2016, the foundation donated $50,000 to purchase equipment for the GLBT Historical Society to digitize and publish a complete searchable archive of the Bay Area Reporter from the first issue in 1971 until 2005 when the newspaper began online operations.
[5] The annual scholarship awarded by the National Lesbian and Gay Journalists Association of Northern California is named for Bob Ross.
On June 28, 2010, Buckley added to his title of publisher the position of president of print, animation and digital divisions of Marvel Worldwide.