Stafford Mac Arthur Crossman

Background

Crossman, Stafford Mac Arthur was born on September 23, 1953 in Basseterre, St. Kitts, West Indies. Son of Arthur Crulilee Crossman and Ivy Malvina Fergus. came to the United States, 1969.

Education

Diploma, Jamaica School Agriculture, 1978; Bachelor of Science, Tuskegee (Alabama) U., 1981; Master of Science, Tuskegee (Alabama) U., 1984.

Career

Teacher, Ministry of Education, Basseterre, 1970-1974; field assistant, National Agricultural Corporation, Basseterre, 1975-1979; field trainee, Jamaica Coffee Board, Kingston, 1978; research technician, Tuskegee U., 1983-1984; agronomist, St. Kitts Sugar Manufacturing Corporation, Basseterre, 1984-1987; research specialist, U. Virgin Islands, St. Croix, since 1988. Subject matter specialist U. West Indies, Basseterre, 1984-1987, Midwestern Universities Consortium for International Activities, 1984-1987, Caribbean Agricultural Extension Project, Basseterre, 1984-1987. Member United States/Agency for International Development project advisory board Ministry of Agriculture, Basseterre, 1985-1987.

Vice president Caribbean Agricultural Technology, St. Croix, 1988-1998. Member Virgin Islands Resource Conservation and Development Council, since 1996, secretary, since 1997, board directors, secretary, since 1997.

Achievements

• Stafford Mac Arthur Crossman has been listed as a noteworthy Agronomist, researcher by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Class leader Bethel Methodist Church, St. Croix, 1989-1992, steward, since 1991, chapel steward, since 1992, treasurer, since 1993, secretary, 1992-1996. Treasurer Claude O. Markoe School Parent-Teachers Association, St. Croix, 1989, 90. Board directors Community United Meth.Ch., St. Croix, 1989-1993, vice president, board directors, 1992-1993.

Board directors School ofThe Good Shepherd, since 1996. Member American Society Horticultural Sciences, American Society Agronomy, Crop Science Society American, Soil Science Society American, International Society Tropical Root Crops, Caribbean Food Crop Society (vice president Virgin Islands chapter 1988-1992), International Herb Growers Association, Am.Hibiscus Society.

Connections

Married Lona Burnetta Austin, April 27, 1985. Children: Desiree Tamara, Devon Jermaine, Nicole Ashima.

Father:

Arthur Crulilee Crossman Fergus

Mother:

Ivy Malvina Fergus

Spouse:

Lona Burnetta Austin

child:

Nicole Ashima Crossman

child:

Devon Jermaine Crossman

child:

Desiree Tamara Crossman