Rudy Crew

Rudolph Franklin "Rudy" Crew (born September 10, 1950) is President of Medgar Evers College. A lifelong educator and public school administrator, Crew was serving since June 2012 as Oregon's first Chief Education Officer. Appointed by Governor John Kitzhaber, Crew oversaw the integrated public education system in Oregon from pre-kindergarten through college and career readiness.

Perhaps his most prominent job was as chancellor of the New York City Board of Education, a position he held from 1995–1999, where many educators, including Thomas Sobol, who served as the Commissioner of Education of the State of New York, believe Crew left behind an important legacy.

Crew was born on September 10, 1950, in Poughkeepsie, New York His mother died when he was two years old; his father, Eugene, a jazz trumpeter and night watchman, raised him.

Crew was the first male in his family to attend college, and he was among the African-American students that helped integrate Babson College as undergraduates.

After graduating from Babson he received a Master of Education and a Doctor of Education from the University of Massachusetts Amherst.

Crew's first job was teaching English in Southern California. Crew began his career as a school administrator in Worcester, Massachusetts. He also worked in administrative positions in Boston, Massachusetts and was the assistant superintendent and superintendent of schools in Sacramento, California, holding the latter position from 1988 to 1993. He left to lead the school system at Tacoma, Washington, where test scores improved during his tenure, drawing the attention of the New York City Board of Education,which had had six chancellors in ten years.

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