Edwin L. Crawford (April 10, 1925 – September 27, 1993) was an American politician, most notable for having served as Broome County, New York's first county executive, and was "a leader in efforts to modernize county governments through the United States."[1]
Biography
editCrawford was born in Broome County and served in the 17th Airborne Division in Europe during World War II. After the war, he graduated from Cornell University and Cornell Law School and practiced law from 1950 to 1977.[2]
He was appointed the first county executive of Broome County in 1968[3] and left office in 1976.[4] After retiring from politics, he served as executive director of the New York State Association of Counties.
Crawford died of prostate cancer in 1993.[5] The Edwin L. Crawford County Office Building in downtown Binghamton is named after him[6][7] as is a memorial lecture at Albany Law School.[8]
References
edit- ^ "Edwin Crawford, 68; Ran Counties Group", The New York Times (published October 1, 1993), October 1993, retrieved 2008-05-31
- ^ "Broome honors first county executive". Press & Sun-Bulletin. Binghamton, New York. 2015-11-11.
- ^ GOP picks Crawford to be first Executive, Binghamton, New York: The Evening Press, December 10, 1968, p. 1A
- ^ "BROOME COUNTY OFFICE BUILDING HONORS FIRST EXECUTIVE". Spectrum News. Syracuse, New York. 2015-11-10.
- ^ "Edwin Crawford, 68; Ran Counties Group". The New York Times. October 11, 1993. Retrieved December 13, 2023.
- ^ "New sign honors Broome's first county executive". WNBF. Binghamton, New York. 2015-10-21.
- ^ "New Sign on County Office Building". gobroomecounty.com. Broome County, New York. Archived from the original on 2018-03-04. Retrieved 2018-03-03.
- ^ "The Edwin L. Crawford Memorial Lecture on Municipal Law". albanylaw.edu. Albany Law School. Archived from the original on 2018-03-04. Retrieved 2018-03-03.