Background
Mccrea, Archie Elbert was born on December 15, 1880 in Fremont, Michigan, United States. Son of Amos Stafford and Alma Aurelia (Stone) Mccrea.
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Archie Elbert Mccrea
Edit ProfileEducation
Graduate Fremont (Michigan) High School, 1901. Graduate student Muskegon High School, 1902-1904. Doctor of Laws, Albion College, 1941.
Career
Rural school teacher, 1901-1902. With Muskegon Chronicle, since 1904, as solicitor, collector and proofreader, 1904-1905, reporter, 1905-1908, city editor, 1908-1911, managing editor, 1911-1936, editor, since 1936.
Achievements
Membership
Member Muskegon City Charter Commission, 1920. Member Muskegon Board Education, 1928-1930. Member National Council Young Men's Christian Association, since 1926, Chairman of Commission on public affairs, 1936-1945.
Member editorial advisory board, department of journalism University of Michigan.
Member of the board publications Methodist denomination. Award “Book of Golden Deeds,” annual civic citation of Muskegon Exchange.
Member American Society Newspaper. Clubs: Kiwanis, Muskegon Country, Muskegon History.
Connections
Married Eudora Hope Wells, September 3, 1907. Children: Olive Elberta (Mistress Edward Elmer Cowles), Malcolm Roderick, Bruce Duncan.
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Resting place
Buried Evergreen Cemetery, Muskegon. -
Nationality
American -
Religion
Methodist