Richard Douglas Crews

Background

Crews, Richard Douglas was born on February 27, 1951 in Odessa, Missouri, United States. Son of Richard Lee and Carmen Gertrude (Morrison) Crews.

Education

BJ, U. Missouri, 1973.

Career

News editor, Franklin County Tribune, Union, Missouri, 1973; public, editor, Lawson (Missouri) Review, 1973-1974; owner, public, editor, Lawson (Missouri) Review, 1977-1979; news editor, Edina (Missouri) Sentinel, 1975; associate editor, Fairfax (Missouri) Forum, 1976-1977; assistant to executive director, Missouri Press Association, Columbia, 1979-1989; executive director, Missouri Press Association, Columbia, since 1990; instructor School of Journalism, U. Missouri., Columbia, 1984-1990.

Achievements

• Richard Douglas Crews has been listed as a noteworthy Newspaper executive by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Co-chairman Fairfax Bicentennial Commission, 1976. President Fairfax Community Club, 1977. Member Society Professional Journalists, Southside Optimists (secretary, treasurer Columbia chapter 1987-1989, Southside Optimists of the Year 1989), Missouri Press Association, Broadway Christian Men's Fellowship (president Columbia chapter 1988-1989), Sigma Delta Chi (president 1983-1984).

Connections

Married Patricia Lynn Orr, June 28, 1975. Children: Richard Michael, Jessica Renee.

Father:

Richard Lee Crews

Mother:

Carmen Gertrude (Morrison) Crews

Spouse:

Patricia Lynn Orr

child:

Jessica Renee Crews

child:

Richard Michael Crews