Background
Crawford was born on September 11, 1923 in Homestead, Pennsylvania.
Crawford was born on September 11, 1923 in Homestead, Pennsylvania.
University of Wisconsin–Madison. Pennsylvania State University.
He would graduate from Pennsylvania State University and the University of Wisconsin-Madison. His Master"s thesis entitled Italian-American Labor Relations was used as anti-communist propaganda in North Africa. During World World War II, he served in the United States Army Air Forces.
Crawford was at one point held as a prisoner of war in Italy and would later receive a citation for meritorious service behind enemy lines.
He died on November 25, 1979. Crawford was elected to the Assembly in 1954, 1956 and 1958.
He was a Republican.