Background
Crane, Walter Richard was born on February 5, 1870 in Grafton, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Richard Reed and Arethusa Thorndyke (Barret) Crane.
Crane, Walter Richard was born on February 5, 1870 in Grafton, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Richard Reed and Arethusa Thorndyke (Barret) Crane.
Graduate Franklin (Nebraska) Military Academy, 1891. Bachelor of Arts, University of Kansas, 1895, Master of Arts, 1896. Doctor of Philosophy, Columbia, 1901.
In chemistry, University of Kansas, 1896. Assistant to principal, Beloit High School, 1896-1898. Director manual training, city schools, Janesville, Wisconsin, 1898-1899.
Assistant geologist, University Geological Survey of Kansas, 1893-1905.
Assistant professor mining, University of Kansas, 1900-1905. Gas expert, University Geological Survey of Kansas and United States Geological Survey, 1902-1905.
Member of faculty, School of Mines, Columbia, 1905-1908. Dean School of Mines and professor mining, Pennsylvania State College, 1908-1918.
Mining engineer, United States bureau of Mines, 1918-1933.
Member of faculty, School of Mines, Columbia, 1905-1908. Member State Common for Establishment United States Mining Experiment Station at Pittsburgh, 1913-1918. Member American Institute Mining and Metallurgical Engineers, Coal Mining Institute America, Sigma Xi, Tau Beta Pi, Arctic Brotherhood.
Married Margaret M. Gray, December 28, 1898. Children: Dorothy G., Margaret East., Aldyth C. Assistant.