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Hubert B. Crouch

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In 1931, not long after he had taken a job as a professor at Kentucky State College, Crouch traveled to New York City to attend the third annual National Association for Research in Science Teaching meeting. He was inspired to create a group to address various issues he saw within the science
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In 1935, Crouch married Mildred Shipp, the granddaughter of the Martins who Crouch had lived with in Iowa. They had several children. Crouch's colleagues and friends recalled him as being "insatiably curious, strong-willed, determined, and possessing a sense of humor."
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Four years later, in 1943, he joined other educators from HBCUs to form an organization for Black scientists and they presented their proposal at the Conference of the Presidents of Negro Land-Grant Colleges in 1943. The
245:. He was elected class president in 1926 and received a BA with an emphasis in science in 1927. Following his graduation he moved to Dallas where he sold insurance and purchased four vehicles with his earnings. 288:. He headed the Department of Biology and directed the Division of Science. In 1950 he became the graduate school's first full dean. After 28 years at Tennessee State, he retired in 1972. 618: 253: 216: 701: 334:
Crouch directed the Kentucky Syphilis Service from 1939 to 1943. He founded the Nashville Urban League (now the Urban League of Middle Tennessee) in 1968 along with
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for 28 years, serving as the dean of the graduate school, heading the biology department, and directing the science division. He taught biology at
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In February 1931, following the completion of his MS degree at Iowa State College, Crouch took a position as a professor of biology at
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Towards the end of his life, Crouch was "virtually unable to communicate" due to a long illness. He died on October 17, 1980, in
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was established on October 26, 1943, with Crouch as the executive secretary. The name was changed to the
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Smith, Shelbert (Spring 2014). "A History: The National Institute of Science (1943-1993),"
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National Association of Science Teachers in Negro Colleges and Affiliated Institutions
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Organizing Black America: An Encyclopedia of African American Associations
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Crouch was an active researcher and was published in scientific journals.
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with a minor in soil bacteriology in 1930. He earned his PhD in
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In 1939, Crouch collected biological specimens along the
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and was entitled "The animal parasites of the woodchuck,
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Hubert Branch Crouch was born on December 7, 1906, in
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Betcher, Gloria J.; Beck, Jeanne (January 6, 2022).
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Iowa State College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts
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His efforts led to the founding of the 702:20th-century African-American scientists 378:"Biographies of Black ISC Students: A-L" 371: 369: 367: 173:"The animal parasites of the woodchuck, 566:from the original on September 11, 2015 509: 507: 505: 503: 462:from the original on September 18, 2021 363: 585: 583: 581: 417: 415: 413: 411: 409: 407: 405: 403: 7: 252:, where he continued his studies at 488:from the original on April 25, 2023 388:from the original on March 24, 2023 692:Tennessee State University faculty 521:from the original on June 25, 2023 25: 672:Kentucky State University faculty 617:Harris, Clifton (April 6, 2023). 422:King, William M. (January 1994). 697:20th-century American zoologists 596:. Routledge. pp. 402–403. 482:"History of Iowa State: Alumni" 562:. 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Hubert Branch Crouch

Jacksonville, Texas
Nashville, Tennessee
Iowa State College
Texas College
National Institute of Science
Parasitology
protozoology
Tennessee State University
Kentucky State College
Thesis
parasitologist
National Institute of Science
historically Black colleges and universities
Tennessee State University
Kentucky State College
Iowa State College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts
Jacksonville, Texas
Texas College
Tyler
H.M.S. Pinafore
Ames, Iowa
Iowa State College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts
protozoology
parasitology
woodchucks
Kentucky State College
Tennessee State University
historically Black colleges and universities

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