George Gordon Crawford Explained
George Gordon Crawford (August 24, 1869 - March 20, 1936) was an American industrialist.[1]
Early life and education
Crawford was born to George Gilmore and Margaret Reed Howard Crawford on August 24, 1869, and raised on a plantation in Madison, Georgia.[2] He was the second graduate of the Georgia Institute of Technology; the 1890 graduating class consisted of two people, himself and Henry L. Smith; their graduation order was decided by the flip of a coin.[3] Crawford took a graduate course in chemistry from the University of Tübingen in Tübingen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany from 1891 to 1892.[4]
Career
In 1907, he became the president of the Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad Company in Birmingham, Alabama, during which time he was named "Alabama's First Citizen".[4] [5] He became president of the Jones and Laughlin Steel Company in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, in 1930.[6]
Memberships and legacy
Crawford received an honorary doctorate from Georgia Tech in 1931,[6] and was a member of the Georgia Tech Board of Trustees until its replacement by the Georgia Board of Regents in 1932.[3] He is listed in the University of Alabama Culverhouse College of Commerce's Alabama Business Hall of Fame.[5] He was a member of the Alpha Tau Omega fraternity.[7]
Further reading
- News: Citizens of State to Give Cup to George Gordon Crawford. Birmingham Age-Herald. 1930-06-30. 2.
- News: Crawford Made Head of Group: Leads Ordnance Body for U.S. Army. Birmingham Post. 1927-09-22. 14.
- News: Crawford Rites are Planned for Saturday: Leader in Development of City Passes at Local Hospital. Birmingham Age-Herald. 1936-03-21. 1.
- News: Crawford to be Given Huge Cup. Birmingham News. 1930-06-30. 2.
- News: Crawford to Leave T.C.I. for New Job: Elected to Presidency of Jones and Laughlin Steel Corp. Birmingham Post. 1930-01-28. 1.
- News: George G. Crawford Helped Put TCI on Feet. Birmingham News. 1960-04-27. 21.
- News: George Gordon Crawford: A Gentleman in Industry. Birmingham News. 1936-03-21. 4.
- Rikard. Marlene Hunt. George Gordon Crawford: Man of the New South. Samford University. 1971.
- News: Former Head of T.C.I. Dies After Lengthy Illness: George Gordon Crawford Prominent in Building of Steel Center. Birmingham News. 1936-03-20. 1, 13.
Notes and References
- Book: Crawford, George Gordon. American National Biography. http://www.anb.org/articles/10/10-02228.html. Oxford University Press.
- Book: Lewis, Walter David. Sloss Furnaces and the rise of the Birmingham district: an industrial epic. 1994. University of Alabama Press . 9780817356682.
- Book: Wallace, Robert. Dress Her in WHITE and GOLD: A biography of Georgia Tech. Georgia Tech Foundation. 1969.
- Book: McCleary, James Thompson. Biographical directory of the American Iron and Steel Institute. 73. George Gordon Crawford 1890.. American Iron and Steel Institute. James McCleary (politician). 1911.
- Web site: Birmingham Baron . Alabama Business Hall of Fame . University of Alabama Culverhouse College of Commerce . June 2010 . 2011-11-05 . 52 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120425142246/http://cba.ua.edu/assets/images/news/JuneBA10HallFame.pdf . 2012-04-25 .
- Book: McMath, Robert C.. Ronald H. Bayor . James E. Brittain . Lawrence Foster . August W. Giebelhaus . Germaine M. Reed . Bob McMath. Engineering the New South: Georgia Tech 1885-1985. University of Georgia Press. Athens, GA. 63.
- Book: Catalogue of the Alpha Tau Omega fraternity: 1865-1897. George Gordon Crawford 1890.. By the fraternity. Alpha Tau Omega. Alpha Tau Omega. 1897. 209.
