Crewdson, Robert H., Rev. Dr. (Robert Henry), 1933-2022
Biographical Note
Rev. Dr. Robert Henry (also called Dr. Bob) Crewdson was born to Henry and Katherine Irene (McFate) Crewdson on January 29, 1933, in Pennsylvania, and he grew up in Front Royal, Virginia. He received a bachelor's degree in chemical engineering from Virginia Polytechnic Institute in 1955. After his graduation, he worked briefly for DuPont before joining the U. S. Navy. Crewdson married Lois Ellen Perkins (1934-2018) on August 5, 1956, while he was still in the Navy. Following his service, Crewdson received a Masters of Divinity from Virginia Theological Seminary, an Episcopal seminary in Alexandria. Crewdson later received his Doctor of Divinity from Union Theological Seminary in Richmond. Crewdson spent the rest of his career working in the Episcopal Church. He died on July 27, 2022.
External Sources:
U.S. Censuses, 1940-1950
"Rev. Dr. Bob Crewdson", The News-Gazette (Lexington, Va.), August 3, 2022, https://www.thenews-gazette.com/content/rev-dr-bob-crewdson
"Dr Robert Henry Crewdson", Findagrave.com, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/64836002/robert-henry-crewdson
"Robert Henry Crewdson" in the Virginia, U.S., Marriage Records, 1936-2014, Ancestry.com, https://www.ancestrylibrary.com/discoveryui-content/view/11068703:9279
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VPI Chemical Engineering Class Project Reports
This collection contains four group project reports for experiments completed between August and September 1954. The projects were completed for Chemical Engineering 401, a class at Virginia Polytechnic Institute (VPI). R. H. Crewdson acted as the foreman of the group, which also included R. S. Luttrell and N. N. Bakhshi.