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Yale College 139
mobile Club of America International Grand Prix, Wauwatosa, Wis,
1912 and National Power Boat Association Gold Cup Race 1925, 1926,
1927, attache United States Embassy in Paris 1914; vice-president Glenn
L. Martin Company, manufacturers of airplanes, 1915; co-organizer
Wright-Martin Company 1916 (later Wright Aeronautical Corporation),
flying instructor First Yale Naval Aviation Reserve Unit, Miami, Fla.,
1917-18; commissioned Captain, Air Service (Aircraft Production), October 17, 1918; experimental flyer for engineering division, Bureau of Aircraft Production, Mitchel Field, NY., and director of flying McCook
Field, Dayton, Ohio; discharged December 10, 1918, winner of Curtis
Marine Flying Trophy 1917 and champion altitude flyer 1919, associated
with Carl Fisher in development of Montauk Point, N.Y, 1920, co-
mventor of booster vacuum brake; president Bragg-Khesrath Corporation,
makers of automobile accessories, Long Island City, N Y , 1927 until 1929
when company became a subsidiary of Bendix Aviation Corporation, vice-
president Bendix Marine Products Company, South Bend, Ind (later
Bendix Marine Products Division, Brooklyn, NY), 1935-41, president
Langley Aviation Corporation 1941-42; vice-president C. M Keys Aircraft Service, Inc., New York City, 1942 until retirement March, 1943,
author. Rule Boo\ of the Aero Club of America (1922); president Wings
Club (New York City) 1942-43; a governor Aero Club of America 1920-
24; commodore Montauk Yacht Club 1930-38; member Institute of Aeronautical Sciences, Society of Automotive Engineers, and Episcopal church
Unmarried.
Death'due to lobar pneumonia Buried in Spring Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati. Survived by a sister, Mrs Marion Bragg Aubert of Syosset, N.Y.
Leonard Jacob Crawford, B.A. 1908.
Bom November 7, 1886, tn Newport, Ky.
Died March 11, 1944, in Fort Thomas, Ky
Father, Leonard Jacob Crawford (LL B Umv. Cincinnati Coll. of Law
1882), a lawyer in Fort Thomas and Newport; chief counsel South Covington & Cincinnati Street Railways Company, son of Jacob Howard and
Mary Elizabeth (Eckert) Crawford. Mother, Ella Jane (Homer) Crawford.
Franklin School, Cincinnati, Ohio Yale University Tennis Courts
Freshman year; College Choir Senior year
Attended University of Cincinnati College of Law 1908-10 (LL.B.
1910); admitted to the bar 1910; lawyer in Newport 1910-44 (associated
with his father in Crawford & Crawford 1910-25; partner Meadows &
Crawford, and Galvin^Tracy, Crawford, Geoghegan & Levy 1941-44),
| Title | Yb 65, Obituary Records of Graduates of Yale University Deceased During the Years 1940-1945 |
| Creator | Yale University |
| Place of Publication | New Haven, Connecticut (Conn.) |
| Date | 1940-1945 |
| Call Number | Yb 65 |
| Language | English |
| Subject | Yale University -- Biography |
| Type | Periodical |
| Identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/3036259 |
| Repository | Manuscripts and Archives |
| Repository URL | http://www.library.yale.edu/mssa |
| Series | Bulletin of Yale University |
| Title | Page 139 |
| Transcript | Yale College 139 mobile Club of America International Grand Prix, Wauwatosa, Wis, 1912 and National Power Boat Association Gold Cup Race 1925, 1926, 1927, attache United States Embassy in Paris 1914; vice-president Glenn L. Martin Company, manufacturers of airplanes, 1915; co-organizer Wright-Martin Company 1916 (later Wright Aeronautical Corporation), flying instructor First Yale Naval Aviation Reserve Unit, Miami, Fla., 1917-18; commissioned Captain, Air Service (Aircraft Production), October 17, 1918; experimental flyer for engineering division, Bureau of Aircraft Production, Mitchel Field, NY., and director of flying McCook Field, Dayton, Ohio; discharged December 10, 1918, winner of Curtis Marine Flying Trophy 1917 and champion altitude flyer 1919, associated with Carl Fisher in development of Montauk Point, N.Y, 1920, co- mventor of booster vacuum brake; president Bragg-Khesrath Corporation, makers of automobile accessories, Long Island City, N Y , 1927 until 1929 when company became a subsidiary of Bendix Aviation Corporation, vice- president Bendix Marine Products Company, South Bend, Ind (later Bendix Marine Products Division, Brooklyn, NY), 1935-41, president Langley Aviation Corporation 1941-42; vice-president C. M Keys Aircraft Service, Inc., New York City, 1942 until retirement March, 1943, author. Rule Boo\ of the Aero Club of America (1922); president Wings Club (New York City) 1942-43; a governor Aero Club of America 1920- 24; commodore Montauk Yacht Club 1930-38; member Institute of Aeronautical Sciences, Society of Automotive Engineers, and Episcopal church Unmarried. Death'due to lobar pneumonia Buried in Spring Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati. Survived by a sister, Mrs Marion Bragg Aubert of Syosset, N.Y. Leonard Jacob Crawford, B.A. 1908. Bom November 7, 1886, tn Newport, Ky. Died March 11, 1944, in Fort Thomas, Ky Father, Leonard Jacob Crawford (LL B Umv. Cincinnati Coll. of Law 1882), a lawyer in Fort Thomas and Newport; chief counsel South Covington & Cincinnati Street Railways Company, son of Jacob Howard and Mary Elizabeth (Eckert) Crawford. Mother, Ella Jane (Homer) Crawford. Franklin School, Cincinnati, Ohio Yale University Tennis Courts Freshman year; College Choir Senior year Attended University of Cincinnati College of Law 1908-10 (LL.B. 1910); admitted to the bar 1910; lawyer in Newport 1910-44 (associated with his father in Crawford & Crawford 1910-25; partner Meadows & Crawford, and Galvin^Tracy, Crawford, Geoghegan & Levy 1941-44), |
