Benjamin Hogan Craig

Background

Craig,, Benjamin Hogan was born on May 19, 1921 in Selma, Alabama, United States. Son of Benjamin Hogan and Emma Elizabeth (Vaughn) Craig.

Education

Student, Florence State Teachers College, Alabama, 1939. Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering, Auburn (Alabama) University, 1942. Student, University Tennessee, 1946.

Bachelor of Science in Business and Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1947.

Career

Chemical engineer Monsanto Chemical Company, Springfield, Massachusetts, 1947-1949. Estimator, project manager Baskerville Builders, Knoxville, Tennessee, 1949-1951, Florence, 1949-1951. Vice president Craig Baskerville, Inc., 1951-1955.

President, owner B.H. Craig Construction Company, Inc., 1962-1965. Trustee Laborers Council American Library Association Health/Welfare Fund, Birmingham, since 1967, chairman 1975. Member Florence advisory board Center Bank of South, 1967-1986, 92—.

Board directors Associate General Contractors American, president 1974.

Membership

Chairman United Way Fund Doctor, Florence, 1961. President Florence/Lauderdale Industrial Expansion Committee, 1964. Mayor City of Florence, 1966-1969.

Elder Presbyterian Church, since 1962. 1st lieutenant Air Corps, Field Artillery United States Air Force, 1942-1946. Member Florence Rotary Club (president 1967, Paul Harris fellow 1990), Florence Chamber of Commerce (president 1959), Associated General Contractor of America (Alabama branch, president 1974).

Turtle Point Yacht and Country Club (board directors).

Interests

• Golf, tennis, flying, reading, travel.

Connections

Married Ann Landis Bradshaw, December 29, 1948. Children: Mary Landis Williams, Caroline Bradshaw O'Brien, Nancy CarterMarbury, Margaret Ann Schafer, Catherine Dale, Frances Woods.

Father:

Benjamin Hogan Craig,

Mother:

Emma Elizabeth (Vaughn) Craig,

Spouse:

Ann Landis Bradshaw

child:

Frances Woods Craig,

child:

Nancy CarterMarbury Craig,

child:

Mary Landis Williams Craig,

child:

Catherine Dale Craig,

child:

Caroline Bradshaw O'Brien Craig,

child:

Margaret Ann Schafer Craig,