Background
Crossan, Donald Franklin was born on April 8, 1926 in Wilmington, Delaware, United States. Son of Samuel Davis and Anna Bertha (Spinken) Crossan.
Crossan, Donald Franklin was born on April 8, 1926 in Wilmington, Delaware, United States. Son of Samuel Davis and Anna Bertha (Spinken) Crossan.
Bachelor of Science, University Delaware, 1950. Master of Science, North Carolina State University, 1952. Doctor of Philosophy, North Carolina State University, 1954.
Assistant professor, U. Delaware, 1954-1959; associate professor, U. Delaware, 1959-1965; professor, U. Delaware, since 1965; associate dean/director College Agriculture, U. Delaware, 1969-1971; assistant vice president, U. Delaware, 1971-1972; vice president, U. Delaware, 1972-1976; department chairman, U. Delaware, 1976-1977; dean and director, College Agriculture Science and Delaware Agriculture Experiment Station, 1977-1991; professor emeritus, U. Delaware, since 1991.
Chairman Delaware Coastal Zone Industrial Control Board, Delaware Farmland Preservation Foundation. Member Potomac Division American Phytopathological Society, Longwood Gardens, Inc., (trustee since 1979).
Married Ruth Hilda Swanson, June 11, 1948. Children: Connie Christine, Donna Christine, Eric Richard.