Alfred Jackson Crabaugh Obit
Crabaugh, vital to development, dies at 89
Much of the praise for the nature and development of the Arkansas Tech University should be credited to the efforts of Vice President and Dean Alfred J. Crabaugh, wrote the editor of the ArkTech, campus newspaper, in the Nov. 21, 1958, edition.
Dean Emeritus Crabaugh, 89, died Tues, March 2, at Sparks Regional Medical Center at Fort Smith from injuries he received in a fall over the weekend. He was recognized nationally as being an outstanding educator and many of Tech's academic programs evolved under his direction during the 40 years he served as teacher and administrator. He and J.W. Hull, former president, are credited with Tech's into a four-year liberal arts institution. Crabaugh worked with the North Central Association team which accredited Tech as a four-year institution in March, 1953.
Crabaugh joined the Tech faculty in 1929 as head of the English Department. He was named vise president and chairman of the division of arts and sciences two years later. Crabaugh sponsored the ArkTech for years and coached the school's first tennis team in the late 1930's. He helped organize inter-collegiate athletics at Tech and in the state and served secretary/treasurer of the AIC Athletic Association in 1938.
Crabaugh was named in 1948 to the new position oc academic dean, now known as vice president for academic affairs. He Recommended at the end of 1953 forming the first Faculty Senate and served at the faculty groups first chairman, according to information in History of Arkansas Tech University, 1909-1990 by Dr. Kennith R. Walker.
As an administrator and professor, he taught associates to respect the basic importance of the core academic disciplines and to appreciate the value of human divinity. Crabaugh's educational insights have been recognized nationally and locally through his election and as president of the Arkansas Association of College Deans. He was selected as chairman of the state commission that initiated a statewide testing program for high school seniors.
Crabaugh served as chairman of the state Committee on Undergraduate Programs.
Crabaugh retired at the end of the 1968-69 school year, and was named dean emeritus. He continued to encourage Tech to make proposals public before the board of trustees acted on such decisions.
Crabaugh Hall, Constructed at the campus site of Old Main, was dedicated in May 1974, in honor of the dean and still bears his name. Crabaugh was commencement speaker for the 1974 graduating class.
A "Love in" was held by the Tech student body on his 65th birthday when he accounted his retirement. The student senate and the Faculty Senate established in 1969 the Alfred J. Crabaugh Magna Cum Laude Award for an outstanding male senior at Tech. The same year, Crabaugh received the distinguished Service Award by the Tech alumni Association to a non-alumnus. He has been listed in "Who's who in America" and in the "Dictionary of International Biography."
"Alfred J. Crabaugh is one of the big reasons for our good academic program" said Dr. Kenneth Kersh, president of Tech. "He was a great founder and backbone of the university. His background provided good experience to many young faculty members that joined Tech during his tenure." Crabaugh was academic dean when Kersh was a tech student.
Crabaugh was a native of Bentonville and received a Bachelor's degree from the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville. He received a master's degree from Columbia at New York, N.Y. and completed course work for a doctorate at University of Chicago in Illinois.
During W.W. 2, he served with the U.S. Navy in the Mediterranean Theatre and was an instructor in the Naval V-12 program at University of California. He served as commanding officer of the U.S. Naval Detachment at Naples, Italy, and was a retired commander from the Naval Reserve.
Crabaugh was president of the Russleville Rotary Club in 1954. Other organizations he was a member of included the Association of Higher Education, National Education Association and North Central Association of College Deans.
Crabaugh taught before coming to Tech, Journalism at John Brown University and English at Adelphi College in New York and the New Jersey Law School. He was named Distinguished Alumnus in 1952 at the university of Arkansas.
Survivors include his wife, Marjorie W. Crabaugh, and a daughter, Dr. Dojelo Russell of Hot Springs.
Pallbearers: Active--Don Dempsey, Joe Williams, Van Moores, Richard Morrisey, Richard Mobley, Herman Long and Dr. Steve Long. Honorary--Jim Lanier, Lee Rogers, Tommy Hunt, Dr. S.D. Teeter, Lee Campbell, John Rollow, John LaFave, Wayne Bradley, Matthew Post, Seth Coulter, Toni Bachman, Maty Willoughby and the faculty and staff of Arkansas Tech University.
Crabaugh, vital to development, dies at 89
Much of the praise for the nature and development of the Arkansas Tech University should be credited to the efforts of Vice President and Dean Alfred J. Crabaugh, wrote the editor of the ArkTech, campus newspaper, in the Nov. 21, 1958, edition.
Dean Emeritus Crabaugh, 89, died Tues, March 2, at Sparks Regional Medical Center at Fort Smith from injuries he received in a fall over the weekend. He was recognized nationally as being an outstanding educator and many of Tech's academic programs evolved under his direction during the 40 years he served as teacher and administrator. He and J.W. Hull, former president, are credited with Tech's into a four-year liberal arts institution. Crabaugh worked with the North Central Association team which accredited Tech as a four-year institution in March, 1953.
Crabaugh joined the Tech faculty in 1929 as head of the English Department. He was named vise president and chairman of the division of arts and sciences two years later. Crabaugh sponsored the ArkTech for years and coached the school's first tennis team in the late 1930's. He helped organize inter-collegiate athletics at Tech and in the state and served secretary/treasurer of the AIC Athletic Association in 1938.
Crabaugh was named in 1948 to the new position oc academic dean, now known as vice president for academic affairs. He Recommended at the end of 1953 forming the first Faculty Senate and served at the faculty groups first chairman, according to information in History of Arkansas Tech University, 1909-1990 by Dr. Kennith R. Walker.
As an administrator and professor, he taught associates to respect the basic importance of the core academic disciplines and to appreciate the value of human divinity. Crabaugh's educational insights have been recognized nationally and locally through his election and as president of the Arkansas Association of College Deans. He was selected as chairman of the state commission that initiated a statewide testing program for high school seniors.
Crabaugh served as chairman of the state Committee on Undergraduate Programs.
Crabaugh retired at the end of the 1968-69 school year, and was named dean emeritus. He continued to encourage Tech to make proposals public before the board of trustees acted on such decisions.
Crabaugh Hall, Constructed at the campus site of Old Main, was dedicated in May 1974, in honor of the dean and still bears his name. Crabaugh was commencement speaker for the 1974 graduating class.
A "Love in" was held by the Tech student body on his 65th birthday when he accounted his retirement. The student senate and the Faculty Senate established in 1969 the Alfred J. Crabaugh Magna Cum Laude Award for an outstanding male senior at Tech. The same year, Crabaugh received the distinguished Service Award by the Tech alumni Association to a non-alumnus. He has been listed in "Who's who in America" and in the "Dictionary of International Biography."
"Alfred J. Crabaugh is one of the big reasons for our good academic program" said Dr. Kenneth Kersh, president of Tech. "He was a great founder and backbone of the university. His background provided good experience to many young faculty members that joined Tech during his tenure." Crabaugh was academic dean when Kersh was a tech student.
Crabaugh was a native of Bentonville and received a Bachelor's degree from the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville. He received a master's degree from Columbia at New York, N.Y. and completed course work for a doctorate at University of Chicago in Illinois.
During W.W. 2, he served with the U.S. Navy in the Mediterranean Theatre and was an instructor in the Naval V-12 program at University of California. He served as commanding officer of the U.S. Naval Detachment at Naples, Italy, and was a retired commander from the Naval Reserve.
Crabaugh was president of the Russleville Rotary Club in 1954. Other organizations he was a member of included the Association of Higher Education, National Education Association and North Central Association of College Deans.
Crabaugh taught before coming to Tech, Journalism at John Brown University and English at Adelphi College in New York and the New Jersey Law School. He was named Distinguished Alumnus in 1952 at the university of Arkansas.
Survivors include his wife, Marjorie W. Crabaugh, and a daughter, Dr. Dojelo Russell of Hot Springs.
Pallbearers: Active--Don Dempsey, Joe Williams, Van Moores, Richard Morrisey, Richard Mobley, Herman Long and Dr. Steve Long. Honorary--Jim Lanier, Lee Rogers, Tommy Hunt, Dr. S.D. Teeter, Lee Campbell, John Rollow, John LaFave, Wayne Bradley, Matthew Post, Seth Coulter, Toni Bachman, Maty Willoughby and the faculty and staff of Arkansas Tech University.
Alfred Jackson Crabaugh Obit
Crabaugh, vital to development, dies at 89
Much of the praise for the nature and development of the Arkansas Tech University should be credited to the efforts of Vice President and Dean Alfred J. Crabaugh, wrote the editor of the ArkTech, campus newspaper, in the Nov. 21, 1958, edition.
Dean Emeritus Crabaugh, 89, died Tues, March 2, at Sparks Regional Medical Center at Fort Smith from injuries he received in a fall over the weekend. He was recognized nationally as being an outstanding educator and many of Tech's academic programs evolved under his direction during the 40 years he served as teacher and administrator. He and J.W. Hull, former president, are credited with Tech's into a four-year liberal arts institution. Crabaugh worked with the North Central Association team which accredited Tech as a four-year institution in March, 1953.
Crabaugh joined the Tech faculty in 1929 as head of the English Department. He was named vise president and chairman of the division of arts and sciences two years later. Crabaugh sponsored the ArkTech for years and coached the school's first tennis team in the late 1930's. He helped organize inter-collegiate athletics at Tech and in the state and served secretary/treasurer of the AIC Athletic Association in 1938.
Crabaugh was named in 1948 to the new position oc academic dean, now known as vice president for academic affairs. He Recommended at the end of 1953 forming the first Faculty Senate and served at the faculty groups first chairman, according to information in History of Arkansas Tech University, 1909-1990 by Dr. Kennith R. Walker.
As an administrator and professor, he taught associates to respect the basic importance of the core academic disciplines and to appreciate the value of human divinity. Crabaugh's educational insights have been recognized nationally and locally through his election and as president of the Arkansas Association of College Deans. He was selected as chairman of the state commission that initiated a statewide testing program for high school seniors.
Crabaugh served as chairman of the state Committee on Undergraduate Programs.
Crabaugh retired at the end of the 1968-69 school year, and was named dean emeritus. He continued to encourage Tech to make proposals public before the board of trustees acted on such decisions.
Crabaugh Hall, Constructed at the campus site of Old Main, was dedicated in May 1974, in honor of the dean and still bears his name. Crabaugh was commencement speaker for the 1974 graduating class.
A "Love in" was held by the Tech student body on his 65th birthday when he accounted his retirement. The student senate and the Faculty Senate established in 1969 the Alfred J. Crabaugh Magna Cum Laude Award for an outstanding male senior at Tech. The same year, Crabaugh received the distinguished Service Award by the Tech alumni Association to a non-alumnus. He has been listed in "Who's who in America" and in the "Dictionary of International Biography."
"Alfred J. Crabaugh is one of the big reasons for our good academic program" said Dr. Kenneth Kersh, president of Tech. "He was a great founder and backbone of the university. His background provided good experience to many young faculty members that joined Tech during his tenure." Crabaugh was academic dean when Kersh was a tech student.
Crabaugh was a native of Bentonville and received a Bachelor's degree from the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville. He received a master's degree from Columbia at New York, N.Y. and completed course work for a doctorate at University of Chicago in Illinois.
During W.W. 2, he served with the U.S. Navy in the Mediterranean Theatre and was an instructor in the Naval V-12 program at University of California. He served as commanding officer of the U.S. Naval Detachment at Naples, Italy, and was a retired commander from the Naval Reserve.
Crabaugh was president of the Russleville Rotary Club in 1954. Other organizations he was a member of included the Association of Higher Education, National Education Association and North Central Association of College Deans.
Crabaugh taught before coming to Tech, Journalism at John Brown University and English at Adelphi College in New York and the New Jersey Law School. He was named Distinguished Alumnus in 1952 at the university of Arkansas.
Survivors include his wife, Marjorie W. Crabaugh, and a daughter, Dr. Dojelo Russell of Hot Springs.
Pallbearers: Active--Don Dempsey, Joe Williams, Van Moores, Richard Morrisey, Richard Mobley, Herman Long and Dr. Steve Long. Honorary--Jim Lanier, Lee Rogers, Tommy Hunt, Dr. S.D. Teeter, Lee Campbell, John Rollow, John LaFave, Wayne Bradley, Matthew Post, Seth Coulter, Toni Bachman, Maty Willoughby and the faculty and staff of Arkansas Tech University.
Crabaugh, vital to development, dies at 89
Much of the praise for the nature and development of the Arkansas Tech University should be credited to the efforts of Vice President and Dean Alfred J. Crabaugh, wrote the editor of the ArkTech, campus newspaper, in the Nov. 21, 1958, edition.
Dean Emeritus Crabaugh, 89, died Tues, March 2, at Sparks Regional Medical Center at Fort Smith from injuries he received in a fall over the weekend. He was recognized nationally as being an outstanding educator and many of Tech's academic programs evolved under his direction during the 40 years he served as teacher and administrator. He and J.W. Hull, former president, are credited with Tech's into a four-year liberal arts institution. Crabaugh worked with the North Central Association team which accredited Tech as a four-year institution in March, 1953.
Crabaugh joined the Tech faculty in 1929 as head of the English Department. He was named vise president and chairman of the division of arts and sciences two years later. Crabaugh sponsored the ArkTech for years and coached the school's first tennis team in the late 1930's. He helped organize inter-collegiate athletics at Tech and in the state and served secretary/treasurer of the AIC Athletic Association in 1938.
Crabaugh was named in 1948 to the new position oc academic dean, now known as vice president for academic affairs. He Recommended at the end of 1953 forming the first Faculty Senate and served at the faculty groups first chairman, according to information in History of Arkansas Tech University, 1909-1990 by Dr. Kennith R. Walker.
As an administrator and professor, he taught associates to respect the basic importance of the core academic disciplines and to appreciate the value of human divinity. Crabaugh's educational insights have been recognized nationally and locally through his election and as president of the Arkansas Association of College Deans. He was selected as chairman of the state commission that initiated a statewide testing program for high school seniors.
Crabaugh served as chairman of the state Committee on Undergraduate Programs.
Crabaugh retired at the end of the 1968-69 school year, and was named dean emeritus. He continued to encourage Tech to make proposals public before the board of trustees acted on such decisions.
Crabaugh Hall, Constructed at the campus site of Old Main, was dedicated in May 1974, in honor of the dean and still bears his name. Crabaugh was commencement speaker for the 1974 graduating class.
A "Love in" was held by the Tech student body on his 65th birthday when he accounted his retirement. The student senate and the Faculty Senate established in 1969 the Alfred J. Crabaugh Magna Cum Laude Award for an outstanding male senior at Tech. The same year, Crabaugh received the distinguished Service Award by the Tech alumni Association to a non-alumnus. He has been listed in "Who's who in America" and in the "Dictionary of International Biography."
"Alfred J. Crabaugh is one of the big reasons for our good academic program" said Dr. Kenneth Kersh, president of Tech. "He was a great founder and backbone of the university. His background provided good experience to many young faculty members that joined Tech during his tenure." Crabaugh was academic dean when Kersh was a tech student.
Crabaugh was a native of Bentonville and received a Bachelor's degree from the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville. He received a master's degree from Columbia at New York, N.Y. and completed course work for a doctorate at University of Chicago in Illinois.
During W.W. 2, he served with the U.S. Navy in the Mediterranean Theatre and was an instructor in the Naval V-12 program at University of California. He served as commanding officer of the U.S. Naval Detachment at Naples, Italy, and was a retired commander from the Naval Reserve.
Crabaugh was president of the Russleville Rotary Club in 1954. Other organizations he was a member of included the Association of Higher Education, National Education Association and North Central Association of College Deans.
Crabaugh taught before coming to Tech, Journalism at John Brown University and English at Adelphi College in New York and the New Jersey Law School. He was named Distinguished Alumnus in 1952 at the university of Arkansas.
Survivors include his wife, Marjorie W. Crabaugh, and a daughter, Dr. Dojelo Russell of Hot Springs.
Pallbearers: Active--Don Dempsey, Joe Williams, Van Moores, Richard Morrisey, Richard Mobley, Herman Long and Dr. Steve Long. Honorary--Jim Lanier, Lee Rogers, Tommy Hunt, Dr. S.D. Teeter, Lee Campbell, John Rollow, John LaFave, Wayne Bradley, Matthew Post, Seth Coulter, Toni Bachman, Maty Willoughby and the faculty and staff of Arkansas Tech University.
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