Spencer Crew

Spencer Crew (born 1949)[1] is an American professor, museum director, curator and writer.

Education

Crew received a PhD degree from Rutgers University in 1979.[2] In 2003 he was named to the Rutgers Hall of Distinguished Alumni.[3]

Career

Crew's career in museums began in 1981 when he was hired to work as a historian at the National Museum of American History.[4] In 1986 he curated his first exhibition at the museum, Field to Factory: African-American Migration, 1915–1940.[2] In He became the first African-American director of the NMAH in 1994.[2]

In 2001 he became the director of the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center.[5][6]

In 2019, Crew was appointed as the interim director of the National Museum of African American History and Culture.[7][8]

Crew is the Robinson Professor of U.S. history at George Mason University.[3][9]

References
  1. Pendergast, Sara; Pendergast, Tom (March 16, 2006). "Contemporary Black Biography: Profiles from the International Black Community". Gale / Cengage Learning – via Google Books.
  2. "Spencer Crew | AHA". www.historians.org. Archived from the original on 2019-10-16. Retrieved 2019-10-16.
  3. "Faculty and Staff: Spencer Crew". History and Art History. Archived from the original on 2019-10-16. Retrieved 2019-10-16.
  4. "Smithsonian museum is 'in good hands' with Spencer Crew | George Mason". www2.gmu.edu. Archived from the original on 2019-06-09. Retrieved 2019-10-16.
  5. Sciolino, Elaine (September 20, 2001). "Another Smithsonian Director Resigns". Archived from the original on October 16, 2019. Retrieved October 16, 2019 – via NYTimes.com.
  6. Communications, Emmis (July 16, 2005). "Cincinnati Magazine". Emmis Communications – via Google Books.
  7. McGlone, Peggy. "Lonnie Bunch's Smithsonian promotion leaves big shoes to fill at the African American Museum". Washington Post. Archived from the original on 2019-10-16. Retrieved 2019-10-16.
  8. "Who Will Be the Next Leader of the National Museum of African American History & Culture? | Washingtonian (DC)". May 28, 2019. Archived from the original on June 2, 2019. Retrieved October 16, 2019.
  9. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2019-10-16. Retrieved 2019-10-16.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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