Gary was born on April 10, 1938, in Airdrie, Scotland, to Michael and Elizabeth Crawley, and, following the death of his father, immigrated with his mother to Melbourne, Australia. He later settled in the United States.
Gary is survived by his wife of 62 years, Margaret Crawley, four children: Janine (Jim) Fodor, Kathryn (Joseph) Stern, Peter (Ingrid) Crawley, and Anne (Richard) Stringer, and nine grandchildren, Ben, David and Abby Stern, Liam, Solène and Fiona Crawley, Michael and Emma Stringer and Madeline Fodor.
His was predeceased by his parents, and by his cousin Betty Grieve, who together with her husband Jack and their children, Ian, Judith, Paul, and Bernadette, provided a home for Gary and his mother in Melbourne, Australia.
Gary also was welcomed into his wife Margaret’s warm extended family, including her six brothers and sisters, their spouses, and many nieces and nephews.
Gary was a nuclear physicist, earning his Masters degree from Melbourne University and his PhD from Princeton University in 1965. He spent over thirty years at Michigan State University as a professor and researcher at the Cyclotron Laboratory (now FRIB), and as Dean of the Graduate School. He then became Dean of the College of Science and Mathematics at the University of South Carolina. After retiring from USC, he spent four years in Dublin at the Science Foundation Ireland, as head of the Frontiers Directorate, and following his return to the United States, edited a series of books on critical energy issues for the World Scientific Press.
Gary never lost his curiosity or his fascination with physics. He appreciated the opportunities his career gave him to collaborate with an extraordinary group of scientists, and to travel to universities and research centers around the world.
Gary was a devoted husband, father, father-in-law, and grandfather. He enjoyed sharing time with his family in the places he loved, including France, Ireland, the Australian coast, Edisto Island, and northern Michigan. He also enjoyed simple things, dinnertime conversations, building campfires, playing pick-up games of soccer or cricket, swimming in the ocean, or walking along with beach. He was an avid reader and loved all kinds of books. He will be greatly missed by all his family and friends.
A celebration of his life will be held in the spring. In lieu of flowers, please send contributions to The UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, at https://give.unc.edu/hfdonate or to the Healing Gardens at Cone Health Cancer Center at Wesley Long at https://www.conehealthphilanthropy.org
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