Background
Crews, Ralph was born on March 29, 1876 in Mount Vernon, Illinois, United States. Son of Seth Floyd and Helena Ridgway (Slocum) Crews.
Crews, Ralph was born on March 29, 1876 in Mount Vernon, Illinois, United States. Son of Seth Floyd and Helena Ridgway (Slocum) Crews.
Hyde Park High School, Chicago. Bachelor of Laws, Chicago College of Law, 1897.
Admitted to Illinois bar, 1897, and practiced at Chicago until 1917. Member of law firm Shearman & Sterling, New York, since 1919. Director National City Company, Old Ben Coal Corporation, Austin Machinery Corporation, Brokaw & Company Major, lieutenant colonel and colonel Ordnance Department, United States of America, 1917-1918.
In charge contract section, later special assistant to chief of ordnance, Washington, District of Columbia.
Member of law firm Shearman & Sterling, New York, since 1919.
Married Elizabeth Stuart Sherman, June 17, 1901. Children: Mary Arthur, Elizabeth Ridgway, Ralph.