Edgar Crawford Leaycraft

Background

Leaycraft, Edgar Crawford was born on July 2, 1918 in New York City. Son of Edgar Crawford and Julia Searing Leaycraft.

Education

Bachelor, Harvard University, 1941. Master of Economics, New School for Social Research, 1950.

Career

Office manager J. E. Leaycraft & Company, New York City, 1946-1950. Teacher East Woods School, Oyster Bay, New York, 1950-1953. Engineer Ferroxcube Corporation, Saugerties, 1953-1955, Collins Radio, Burbank, California, 1956, Westinghouse Electric Company, Baltimore, 1956.

Staff engineer International Business Machines Corporation, Poughkeepsie and Hopewell Junction, New Jersey, 1956-1985. Retired, 1985.

Achievements

• Edgar Crawford Leaycraft has been listed as a noteworthy engineer by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Model builder of mills Woodstock (New York ) History Society, 1975-1985. Town historian, Woodstock, since 1965, town justice, 1969. Sergeant United States Army Air Force, 1942-1946.

Member Official Historians of New York State, Ulster County Genealogical Society, History Society Woodstock (president 1960-1975), Saugerties History Society.

Interests

• Model boats and planes, carpentry.

Connections

Married Nancy McMahan, August 1, 1945 (divorced November 1953). Children: Cathy, Bruce Cleveland. Married Winifred Riley, November 28, 1953.

Children: Matthew Thomas, Timothy, William.

Father:

Edgar Crawford

Mother:

Julia Searing Leaycraft

Spouse:

Winifred Riley

Spouse:

Nancy McMahan

child:

William Leaycraft

child:

Cathy Leaycraft

child:

Bruce Cleveland Leaycraft

child:

Timothy Leaycraft

child:

Matthew Thomas Leaycraft