Vernon D'Orsay Crawford (February 13, 1919 - September 27, 1994) was a professor, dean, and later interim president at the Georgia Institute of Technology from March 1969 to August 1969, and later chancellor of the University System of Georgia from 1979 to 1985.
[1] He earned his Bachelor of Science degree in physics from Mount Allison University in 1939.
[1] Crawford was a professor, dean, and later interim president at the Georgia Institute of Technology from March 1969 to August 1969.
[1] Partly due to their status as benefactors of Georgia Tech, the pool at the Georgia Tech Campus Recreation Center is named in honor of Vernon and his wife Helen.
[1] Crawford died of cancer on September 27, 1994, in his home in Atlanta, Georgia at the age of 75.