Harold W. Crawford: The Dapper Dean of Industrial Education

Photo from a late 1960s yearbook

For decades Harold Wakeling Crawford (1903-1980) walked the halls of what today is still commonly called the "Old Crawford Engineering Building" on SC State's campus.

Just who was Harold Crawford for whom the old building is named? Keep reading and you will know!

This report is the result of weeks of research conducted as part of two of my journalism courses and valuable information provided by a guest speaker who knew the man himself.

From receiving a B.S. degree in mechanic arts in 1927 to retiring as industrial education dean in 1969, Crawford was a strong, distinguished presence at SC State.  And he was a heck of a football player too for the Bulldogs!

Today's Crawford "Engineering" Building