Stanton Chapman Crawford (October 30, 1897 – January 26, 1966) was the thirteenth

Chancellor Chancellor ( la, cancellarius) is a title of various official positions in the governments of many nations. The original chancellors were the of Roman courts of justice—ushers, who sat at the or lattice work screens of a basilica or law cou ...

(July 1965 – January 1966) of the

University of Pittsburgh The University of Pittsburgh (Pitt) is a public state-related research university in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The university is composed of 17 undergraduate and graduate schools and colleges at its urban Pittsburgh campus, home to the univers ...

. He was appointed Acting Chancellor, somewhat unwillingly due to health concerns, following the departure of

Edward Litchfield Edward Harold Litchfield (April 14, 1914 – March 8, 1968) was an American educator and the twelfth Chancellor (1956–1965) of the University of Pittsburgh. He is best known for a major expansion of the university, but also a failure to raise su ...

. Crawford died of a heart attack January 26, 1966. The University honored him with the title of 13th Chancellor four months after his death. Crawford first moved to Pittsburgh in 1922 as a graduate student. He received his doctorate in 1926 in zoology at the University of Pittsburgh, and became an instructor and eventually professor of biology starting in 1924. He served as Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences from 1935 to 1956 and served as Secretary of the University and Dean of the Faculties. Crawford Hall, completed in 1968 on Tennyson Avenue on Pitt's campus, is named in his honor.

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* Crawford files at the University of Pittsburgh {{DEFAULTSORT:Crawford, Stanton C. Chancellors of the University of Pittsburgh 1897 births 1966 deaths Burials at Homewood Cemetery 20th-century American academics