David Livingston Crawford (March 7, 1889 – January 18, 1974) was an American entomologist, coach of football and basketball, and college professor and administrator. He served as the head football coach at the University of Hawaii from 1917 to 1919.[1] He also coached the Hawaii basketball team during the 1918–19 season. Crawford attended Pomona College and Cornell University. He taught at Pomona before coming to Hawaii, where he was head of the entomology department. Crawford served as president of the University of Hawaii from 1927 to 1941.[2][3] He was the president of Doane College—now known as Doane University—in Crete, Nebraska from 1948 to 1954.[4] Crawford died on January 18, 1974, of Parkinson's disease, at a nursing home in Moorestown Township, New Jersey.[5]
*Cleveland continued as University of Hawaii System president after 1972. **The chancellor of the University of Hawaii also concurrently served as University of Hawaii System president from 1984 to 2001 and 2017 to present.
