Hubert Crouch was born 7 December 1906 in Jacksonville, Texas, to George W. Crouch and Mary “Carrie” Crouch. His sister is Geneva Crouch, who also attended Iowa State University. He attended Iowa State for his Master of Science in Protozoology, which he received in 1930, and his Ph.D. in Zoology, with minors in Entomology and Botany, which he completed in 1936. He worked at Kentucky State college as a professor of biology during the time that Rufus B. Atwood, a fellow Iowa State alumnus, was President of the institution. After working at Kentucky State College, Crouch became a professor and Head of the Department of Biology and Director of the Division of Science at Tennessee Agricultural & Industrial State University at Nashville. By 1965 he was the Dean of the Graduate School there, and soon was serving with fellow Iowa State alumnus Walter H. Dabney, who was Dean of Engineering by 1969-70 (US Dept of Health, Education, and Welfare, Office of Education and National Center for Educational Statistics, Education Directory 1969-70 Higher Education, US Government Printing Office, 1970). He founded the National Institute of Science and the Council of Science Teachers, in association with the Kentucky Negro Educational Association.
In 1935 Hubert married Mildred Shipp, whose parents, John and Nellie Shipp, housed Black ISC students at their home in the 1930s and 1940. Mildred’s mother was Nellie Emira Martin, whose parents, Archie and Nancy Chandler Martin, opened their home at 218 Lincoln Way to many Black ISC students. Hubert Crouch and his sister Geneva were two of those students. After living at the Martin House, Hubert moved to 118 Sherman, the home of his future wife’s parents, the Shipps. He and Mildred had multiple children. Hubert died 17 October 1980. After his death, Tennessee State University erected a building known as “Hubert Crouch Hall” in his honor.
Iowa State College Dissertation Title: The animal parasites of the woodchuck (Marmota monax L.) with special reference to the protozoa, 1936
Iowa State University Catalog Record:https://quicksearch.lib.iastate.edu/permalink/01IASU_INST/174tg9m/alma990007117870102756
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Photo Credits Kentucky State
https://doi.org/10.2307/2717664
https://www.jstor.org/stable/2717664
https://library3.tnstate.edu/library/bldgs/crouchbldg.htm