Early Years, Education, Military
Crawford was born in Midland in west Texas to Marshall Crawford, Sr., (1903–1984) and Lela Mary Crawford (1907–1988). In 1942, the family business was moved to Lamesa (pronounced LA MEESA), the seat of Dawson County, on the Texas South Plains. The senior Crawford was a Firestone tire dealer and owned a home and automobile supply company. Mrs. Crawford was a deputy tax collector in the Dawson County Courthouse. Crawford attended public schools in Lamesa and was encouraged by his family dentist, Dr. H.M. Stover, to pursue a career in dentistry.
He hence obtained his pre-dental degree from Texas Tech University (then Texas Technological College) in Lubbock. He then attended the Dental Branch of the University of Texas in Houston, from which he graduated in 1963. In 1996, the UT Dental Branch named Crawford "Alumnus of the Year".
He served two years in the U.S. Army (1963–1965) and was stationed at Fort Carson, near Colorado Springs.
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