Louie Crew, Ph.D., D.D., D.D., D.H.L.

 

Professor Emeritus of English, Rutgers: The State University of New Jersey

 

Episcopal Church:

• Joint Standing Committee on Nominations, 2006-2009
• Secretary of Province 2, 2006-2009
• Integrity: The Ministry of Lesbigay Episcopalians), Founder, 1974. Editor, 1974-77; editorial board, 1989--.
• The Executive Council, 2000-2006; member of the Committee on International Concerns, Vice-Chair from 2003-2006.
• The Standing Commission on Anglican and International Peace with Justice Concerns, 1997-2003. Secretary 1997-2000.
• Standing Commission on Human Affairs, 1994-1997. Secretary.
• Communications Legislative Committee, the 2003 General Convention.
• International Affairs Legislative Committee, the 2000 General Convention.
• Social & Urban Legislative Committee, the 1997 General Convention. Secretary.
• Creator of the bishops-deputies discussion list in 1996 and maintaineer through 2002.
• Creator of unofficial Anglican pages, which average 1,100+ visitors per day.
• Board of Directors, Episcopal Church Publishing Company, 1999-2002, Editorial Board, 2002--.
• Co-Chair of the New Commandment Task Force, 1999-2000, a group which promotes reconciliation between liberals and conservatives within the Episcopal Church.

Diocese of Newark:

• Deputation to General Convention, 1994 Co-Chair; 1997; 2000 Chair; 2003; 2006 Chair; 2009 Co-Chair
• The Nominating Committee for the 10th Bishop of Newark, 2005-2007 Co-Chair
• Member of the Vestry, Grace Church, Newark, 1991-1995, 2004-2010. Clerk, 2004-- Parish deputy to diocesan convention, 1991-2000, 2005--. Parish representative to District 4, 2005-2006, 2007--.
• Member of Standing Committee, Diocese of Newark, 1996-2004. President from 2000-2002.
• Chapter of the Cathedral of Trinity & St. Philip, 2000-2002
• Nominating Committee for a Bishop Coadjutor, 1997-1999, Secretary.
• Member of Council 1991-95.
• Organizer of the Diocesan Technology Committee, 1993--
• Task Force on Episcopal Identity, 1990-92.
• Episcopal Housing Board, 1992-1995.
• History Task Force, Chair from 1991. Historiographer, 1993-2000.
• Board of Directors, Oasis, the diocesan ministry with lesbians and gays, 1990-91.

National Council of Teachers of English: Board of Directors, 1976-1980. Chaired panels in 1976, 1977, 1979, & 1980. Papers 1978, 1985, 1987. Poetry 1978. Co-founded the lesbigay caucus, 1975.

National Gay and Lesbian Task Force. Board of Directors, 1976-78.

Rutgers University.

• Associate Professor of English, 1989-2001; Professor Emeritus, 2002--
• Chair of the Rutgers University Senate, 1997-99
• Member of the Board of Governors, 1997-99

Sons of the American Revolution [inactive by intention]

Wisconsin Governor's Council on Lesbian and Gay Issues, 1983.

 

Education: Ph.D., Alabama, 1971; M.A., Auburn, 1959; B.A., Baylor (a.k.a. Judge Baylor's Finishing School and Bible College), 1958.

 

Publications

 

Author of 1,947+ items, including the first openly gay materials ever published in Change Magazine, Christianity & Crisis, Chronicle of Higher Education, The Churchman, Fellowship Magazine, The Living Church, Metanoia, and Southern Exposure. Editor of special lesbigay issues of College English, and Margins. Editorial board of Journal of Homosexuality (1978-83; 89--); Empathy: Interdisciplinary Journal for Professionals Working to End Violence and Discrimination Against Sexual Minorities, 90-- and Progressive Composition 1988--. Edited A Book of Revelations: Lesbian and Gay Episcopalians Tell Their Own Stories, 1991, a collection of 52 biographies. See a sampler of Crew's essays

 

Awards

 

Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters Degree, Church Divinity School of the Pacific, 2004.

Honorary Doctor of Divinity Degree, General Theological Seminary, 2003.

Recipient of the Bishops Cross, from Rt. Rev. John S. Spong, Diocese of Newark, 2000

Honorary Doctor of Divinity Degree, Episcopal Divinity School, 1999.

Vida Scudder Award, Episcopal Church Publishing Company, 1994.

Bishop's Outstanding Service Award. Episcopal Diocese of Newark. 1992

Fellowships:

• National Endowment for Humanities:
• University of Chicago, 1981.
• University of Texas, Austin, 1977.
• University of California, Berkeley, 1974.
• Ragdale Foundation, Writer-in-residence. 1988.
• Wurlitzer Foundation, Writer-in-residence. 1963.

Honor societies: Phi Kappa Phi, Alpha Psi Omega, Sigma Tau Delta.

Listed: Contemporary Authors; Directory of American Poets; International Who's Who in Poetry; Who's Who in America; Who's Who in the World and The Writer's Directory.

Licensed as a Baptist minister, March 10, 1954.

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• Crew's Full CV
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• Louie Crew's home page: http://newark.rutgers.edu/~lcrew
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