Background
Cranch, Edward Titus was born on November 15, 1922 in Brooklyn. Son of Clarence E. and Mary Emily (Smith) Cranch.
Cranch, Edward Titus was born on November 15, 1922 in Brooklyn. Son of Clarence E. and Mary Emily (Smith) Cranch.
Student, Newark College Engineering, 1943. Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering, Cornell University, 1945. Doctor of Philosophy, Cornell University, 1951.
Assistant professor Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, 1951-1954, associate professor, 1954-1956, professor and head mechanics department, 1956-1964, professor and head theoretical and applied mechanics department, 1966-1968, associate dean, 1967-1972, dean engineering, 1972-1978. President Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Massachusetts, since 1978. Director Xtek Corporation, Cincinnati, Tompkins County Trust Company, Ithaca.
Board directors Albany Medical Center, New York. Board directors Latin American scholarship program of America Universities. Fellow American Society of Mechanical Engineers.
Member American Society for Testing and Materials, American Society Engineering Education, Society Experimental Stress Analysis, Sigma Xi, Tau Beta Phi, Phi Kappa Phi.
Married Virginia Mae Harrison, March 8, 1945. Children: Virginia, Edmund, Timothy.