Ruth Crawford Mitchell

[2] She also raised the necessary funding for the project in addition to supervising architects and other contractors during the construction of the building.

Hanford Crawford, Mitchell's father, attended universities in Germany and met his wife in Stuttgart.

Mitchell's parents married and moved to St. Louis where Hanford worked as an executive in a department store.

[5] Ruth Crawford Mitchell was recognized for her efforts to assimilate second-generation students into the university.

[6] Her personal and professional papers were donated to the University of Pittsburgh Library System on August 15, 1968.