格雷戈里 克劳福德博士是一名物理学教授， 在圣母大学担任副校长及教务长的职务，而他接下来在2016年的七月起将正式就任迈阿密大学的第22任校长。
他说迈阿密是一个拥有独特的使命和非凡的声誉的特别的地方所以他感到非常的荣幸能作为校长来到这里。
另外，克劳福德还在担任圣母大学科学院的威廉·K.沃伦基金会的院长。他在肯特州立大学攻读了化学物理的博士学位并且发布了400多项研究和各项书文，甚至拥有20多个专利申请。
David Budig是迈阿密的董事会受托人的首席，他表示热烈欢迎Crawford和他的妻子还有他们的两个女儿能够加入迈阿密家庭。 他让所有迈阿密校区大学社区的人们看到他即将把他的热情，心态和服务奉献带给大家。
Dr. Gregory Crawford, professor of physics and vice president and associate provost at the University of Notre Dame, will become Miami’s 22nd president on July 1st, following the retirement of President David Hodge.
“I am deeply honored to be the incoming president at Miami University,” Crawford said. “Miami is a very special place, with a unique mission and an extraordinary reputation.”
Crawford also has served as the William K. Warren Foundation Dean of Notre Dame’s College of Science. He has a doctorate in chemical physics from Kent State University. He has published more than 400 research and education publications, review articles and book chapters and holds more than 20 U.S. patents and patent applications.
Crawford是俄亥俄州人，2008年到圣母大学做教授，他之前还曾担任过布朗大学工程院的院长并在那里教授过物理学和工程学。 他说他在过去的两个学校李高度重视本科教学并且还专注于本科生的研究，奖学金和创造性文学。他认为迈阿密大学正好符合了他的经验和高教育理念。
他在迈大校园里花了三天的时间与团体，教师，职员和社区成员们交谈。在牛津，汉密尔顿和米德尔顿论坛花费数天之后，他现在更是关心迈大的未来。
他说他很荣幸能够接手这个在上任校长的十年领导下取得的巨大进展的校园，他看到了迈阿密的机遇，热情和积极并且他表示他被这里的学生、教师和工作人员的执着和忠诚所感动。
Crawford, an Ohio native, joined Notre Dame’s faculty in 2008. He previously served as the dean of engineering at Brown University, where he had been a professor of physics and engineering. “Having spent my career at two institutions with a strong emphasis on undergraduate teaching and learning, focused on undergraduate research, scholarship and the creative and liberal arts, I believe Miami is a perfect fit for my experience, values and philosophy of higher education,” he said.
Crawford and Renate, who also holds a doctorate in physics from Kent State, spent three and a half days on Miami’s campuses talking with numerous groups of students, faculty, staff and community members. Crawford said that after spending several days at forums in Oxford, Hamilton and Middletown, he is even more enthusiastic about Miami’s future. “Renate and I are honored to follow the tremendous progress made under David and Valerie Hodge’s leadership during the past decade, and we see so much opportunity, passion and enthusiasm in the Miami community.”
He added, “We were truly inspired by the students, faculty and staff we met – their accomplishments, their passion for their work, their zeal for the institution – and the alumni who have such dedication and loyalty to their alma mater.”