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George Gordon Crawford (August 24, 1869 – March 20, 1936) was an American industrialist.


Early life and education

Crawford was born to George Gilmore and Margaret Reed Howard Crawford on August 24, 1869 and raised on a plantation in
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. He was the second graduate of the
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; the 1890 graduating class consisted of two people, himself and Henry L. Smith; their graduation order was decided by the flip of a coin. Crawford took a graduate course in chemistry from the
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in
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,
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, Germany from 1891 to 1892.


Career

In 1907, he became the president of the
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in
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, during which time he was named "Alabama's First Citizen". He became president of the
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in
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in 1930.


Memberships and legacy

Crawford received an honorary doctorate from Georgia Tech in 1931, and was a member of the Georgia Tech Board of Trustees until its replacement by the
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in 1932. He is listed in the
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Culverhouse College of Commerce's Alabama Business Hall of Fame. He was a member of the
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fraternity.


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* * * * * * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Crawford, George Gordon American industrialists American steel industry businesspeople 1869 births 1936 deaths Georgia Tech alumni Businesspeople from Birmingham, Alabama Burials at Elmwood Cemetery (Birmingham, Alabama)