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The Crawford
Building has a curious history. In the 1960s, Jerry Keuper went
to Michigan to meet with
Fred Crawford who was then CEO of TRW, a leader in the aerospace
industry. Crawford listened to Keuper's appeal for a gift to the
university. When Keuper was finished he told him, "Listen,
here's what I want you to do. Write a letter to presidents of every
aerospace corporation in America and ask for donations." Keuper
looked at Crawford and replied, "Mr. Crawford, why are you
telling me to do this? You and I both know that nothing will happen
if I write a letter." Crawford smiled, "Write the letter.
Then, I'll make the phone calls." The letter was written,
the phone calls made, and the money poured in.
Students and
faculty have performed numerous experiments in the Tower's many
laboratories. Professor
Edward Teller (the "father of the hydrogen bomb") regularly
visited the building where he liked to appear unannounced as a
guest lecturer in the freshman physics courses. |
