Early Years
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.
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