J. Milford Crabb was director of music education in
Kansas City, Kansas from 1946 to 1976. He
graduated from high school in McPherson and received
his bachelor's degree in music education from Emporia
State Teachers College in 1936. He did graduate work
at The University of Michigan and The University of
Kansas. He earned a master's degree from KU in
1941 and his doctorate from UMKC in 1967. Dr. Crabb
served the KMEA as president in 1951 and 1952 and
was a director of the KMTA in 1949-50.