Robert MacArthur Crawford

Robert MacArthur Crawford
Robert MacArthur Crawford
Born
Robert MacArthur Crawford

(1899-07-27)July 27, 1899
Dawson City, Yukon
DiedMarch 12, 1961(1961-03-12) (aged 61)[1]
New York, New York[1]
NationalityAmerican
OccupationComposer

Robert MacArthur Crawford (July 27, 1899 – March 12, 1961) is known for writing The U.S. Air Force song. He was born in Dawson City, Yukon, and spent his childhood in Fairbanks, Alaska.[1] He graduated high school in 1915 at Chehalis High School[2] in Chehalis, Washington. During World War I he attempted to become a pilot in the United States Army Air Service but was dismissed when he was discovered to be underage. He attended the Case Scientific Institute in Cleveland, known today as Case Western Reserve University, where he was a member of the Phi Kappa Psi fraternity.[1][3] Crawford then enrolled in Princeton University, and graduated in 1925.[1] He later studied and taught at the Juilliard School of Music. Crawford learned how to fly an airplane in 1923.[1] He flew himself around the United States in a small plane to concerts, where he was introduced as "The Flying Baritone."[1] Liberty magazine sponsored a contest in 1938 for a musical composition that would become the official song of the U.S. Army Air Corps.[4] Out of 757 submissions, Crawford's was chosen as the winner.[4] The song was officially introduced at the Cleveland Air Races on Sept. 2, 1939, where Crawford sang its first public rendition.[5]

During World War II, Crawford flew for the Air Transport Command of the U.S. Army Air Forces.[1] In 1947, Crawford joined the University of Miami's music faculty.[1] He remained there for ten years, until he left to focus on composing.[1]

Footnotes

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j New York Times obituary 1961.
  2. ^ "The story of the 'Air Force Song,' a local composer and a trip to the moon". The Daily Chronicle. 15 July 2006. Retrieved 2021-11-23.
  3. ^ Phi Kappa Psi 1985, p. 71.
  4. ^ a b Hill Air Force Base 2009.
  5. ^ "Behind the name: Crawford Hall named for father of the Air Force song". 17 August 2012.

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