Harry Herbert Crosby

Background

Crosby, Harry Herbert was born on April 18, 1919 in New England, North Dakota, United States. Son of Guy L. and Eva (McClellan) Crosby.

Education

Bachelor, University Iowa, 1941. Master of Arts, University Iowa, 1947. Doctor of Philosophy, Stanford University, 1953.

Career

Instructor, U. Iowa, 1946-1947, 50-51; assistant professor, U. Iowa, 1951-1958; writing supervisor, U. Iowa, 1956-1958; assistant instructor, Stanford University, 1947-1950; instructor, San Jose State College, 1950; associate professor, Boston University, 1958-1959; professor rhetoric, Boston University, 1959-1985; chairman division committee skills College Basic Studies, Boston University, 1958-1965; chairman division rhetoric, Boston University, 1966-1985; director Writing Center, Harvard University, 1985. Director studies Pakistan Air Force Academy, Risalpur, West Pakistan, 1960-1962. Consultant United States Air Force Academy, 1953-1960.

Achievements

• Harry Herbert Crosby has been listed as a noteworthy rhetoric educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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  • A Wing and a Prayer: The "Bloody 100th" Bomb Group of the U.S. Eighth Air Force in Action over Europe in World War II

    (A riveting memoir of a World War II Air Force navigator b...)

  • A Wing and a Prayer: The "Bloody 100th" Bomb Group of the U.S. Eighth Air Force in Action over Europe in World War II

    (They began operations out of England in the spring of '43...)

  • The McLuhan Explosion; a Casebook on Marshall McLuhan and Understanding Media

    (Slight dust jacket wear. Binding is tight. No writing or ...)

  • Building College Spelling Skills

    (Book by Crosby, Harry H., Emery, Robert F.)

  • The Committed Writer: Mastering Nonfiction Genres by Harry H. Crosby (1986-01-03)
  • The Committed Writer: Mastering Nonfiction Genres
  • Building college spelling skills
  • Just rhetoric

Membership

Member of the board aldermen City of Newton, Massachusetts, 1970-1973. President Newton Arts Center, 1979. Senior warden Grace Episcopal Church, 1971-1973.

Lieutenant colonel United States Army Air Force, 1942-1945. Member Modern Language Association, National Council Teachers of English, Phi Eta Sigma (honorary).

Connections

Married Jean E. Boehner, April 11, 1943 (deceased 1980). Children: Stephen, April, Jeffrey, Rebecca. Married Mary Alice Brennan, June 26, 1982.

Stepchildren: Haley, Maura, John.

Father:

Guy L. Crosby

Mother:

Eva (McClellan) Crosby

Spouse:

Mary Alice Brennan

Spouse:

Jean E. Boehner

child:

Haley Crosby

child:

John Crosby

child:

April Crosby

child:

Jeffrey Crosby

child:

Maura Crosby

child:

Rebecca Crosby

child:

Stephen Crosby