Background
Crawford, Meredith Pullen was born on October 13, 1910 in Sweetbriar, Virginia, United States. Son of Leonidas Wakefield and Helen May (Meredith) Crawford.
Crawford, Meredith Pullen was born on October 13, 1910 in Sweetbriar, Virginia, United States. Son of Leonidas Wakefield and Helen May (Meredith) Crawford.
Bachelor of Arts, Vanderbilt University, 1931; A.M., Columbia, 1932; Doctor of Philosophy, Columbia, 1935.
University fellow in psychology, Columbia, 1933-1934; research assistant, Laboratory Primate Biology, Yale, 1934-1939; Instructor psychology, Barnard College, Columbia, 1939-1940; assistant professor, then professor psychology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, 1940-1951; dean Junior College, Vanderbilt University, 1945-1949; dean instruction College Arts and Science, Vanderbilt University, 1949-1951; director, George Washington University Human Resources Research Office, 1951-1969; president, Human Resources Research Organisation, 1969-1976; trustee, Human Resources Research Organisation, since 1976; research engineer, George Washington University, 1976-1978.
Administrative officer for accreditation American Psychological Association, 1978-1982. Served as officer United States Army Air Force aviation psychology program, 1942-1945. Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science (secretary section J. 1978-1982), American Psychological Association (treasurer 1958-1967, award for outstanding science and professional contribution division military psychology 1976, Distinguished Professional Contribution to Public Service award 1983, Centennial Staff award for sustained contribution 1992, award for lifetime achievement Division Military Psychology 1992, Presidential citation, 1995).
Member American Educational Research Association (finance adviser 1970-1973), Cosmos Club, Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi, Delta Kappa Epsilon.
Married Helen Cartwright Grizzard, August 20, 1936 (deceased March 1978). Children: Meredith P. (deceased), Ann C. (deceased), Susan B. Married Celia Deese Knox, August 7, 1982.