I did a search & found no mention of Herbert Ross anywhere on the forum.
He directed many great films.....including "The Owl & The Pussycat", "Funny Lady", & "The Goodbye Girl"..........but none as as important (in my mind) as "Steel Magnolias". He was also briefly married to Lee Radziwill (sister to Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis) his last direction was for "Boys On the Side".
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0006889/