Southern University News March 16, 2015 SU grad Brig. Gen. Craig Crenshaw is up for promotion to Major General Southern University graduate Brig. Gen. Craig Crenshaw has been nominated by President Barack Obama to receive a second star, promoting him to the rank of Major General in the U.S. Marine Corps. Crenshaw, 52, has a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Political Science from Southern. He is one of 10 military generals who are graduates of Southern. He is the only Marine among the generals. The other nine are from the U.S. Army. The Pensacola, Fla., native was commissioned a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Marines in 1984 through the NROTC Scholarship Program at SU. Crenshaw has a Master of Arts in Procurement and Acquisitions Management from Webster University, in St. Louis, a Master of Science in National Resource Strategy from the Industrial College of the Armed Forces, National Defense University, Washington, D.C. Crenshaw is currently the assistant deputy commandant for Installations Logistics at headquarters Marine Corps. His nomination is before the Senate Armed Forces Services Committee where it must be approved before his second star can be pinned. SANDRA M. PHOENIX Executive Director HBCU Library Alliance sphoenix@hbculibraries.org<mailto:sphoenix@hbculibraries.org> www.hbculibraries.org<http://www.hbculibraries.org/> 800-999-8558, ext. 4820 404-702-5854 Skype: sandra.phoenix1 1438 West Peachtree NW Suite 200 Atlanta,GA 30309 Toll Free: 1.800.999.8558 (LYRASIS) Fax: 404.892.7879 www.lyrasis.org<http://www.lyrasis.org/> Honor the ancestors, honor the children.