Crawford Family

The Homer E. Crawford family dates back in American history at least to the Revolutionary War in which ancestor Jacob Moses served in the Continental Army from Pennsylvania. His great-great-great-grandson, Homer E. Crawford was born in Liberty Township (1892-1977), and married Olga F. Aderman of Monroe Township (b. 1903).

The Crawfords have two children, James Weldon, M.D., Ph.D. (b. 1927) and Helen Elizabeth, R.N., M.D., (b. 1931), who married James Burks, D.D.S., and resides with their four children in Nashville, Tennessee: James, Susan, Jonathan and Joseph.

James W. Crawford graduated from Napoleon High School in 1945 and was class valedictorian. He subsequently obtained degrees from Oberlin College (A.B., 1950); University of Chicago, School of Medicine (M.D., 1954); University of Chicago, Department of Biopsychology (Ph.D., 1961).

He has held numerous faculty appointments at the Chicago Medical School, University of Chicago, and University of Illinois. He is currently Clinical Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Abraham Lincoln School of Medicine, University of Illinois; member of the attending staffs of a number of hospitals; and Chairman and Director of Psychiatric Education, Department of Psychiatry, Ravenswood Hospital Medical Center.

He is active in many professional organizations, including Fellow, American Psychiatric Association; Sigma Xi (Hon. Sci. Frat.); Membership Chairman of the John Frederick Oberlin Society; and is involved in numerous community activities. Among national directories, he is listed in Who's Who in America — the Midwest; American Men and Women of Science; and Directory of Medical Specialists.

James married Susan Young, Ph.D., who is presently Director of the Division of Library and Archival Services of the American Medical Association. They have a son, Robert, born in 1956, who is graduating from Oberlin College, his father's alma mater, in May 1978.

James still returns frequently to Napoleon and Henry County where he tries to stay current with his many relatives and friends in the area. His family has a strong sense of "roots" and continuing involvement in our beautiful area. It is a welcome change from the pressures and pace of large city professional life.