Crawford Kilian

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Crawford Kilian
Born	February 7, 1941 New York City, United States
Occupation	novelist

Crawford Kilian (born February 7, 1941) is a Canadian novelist and a college professor. He is also the former public education columnist for the Vancouver Province newspaper. Kilian holds an undergraduate degree from Columbia University and master's degree from Simon Fraser University.^[1]

1 Biography
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[edit] Biography

Kilian completed his undergraduate career at Columbia University in 1962.^[1]

Shortly after graduation, Kilian was drafted into the United States Army where he completed a two year tour of duty.^[1] After his tour of duty, he became a technical writer for the Lawrence Radiation Laboratory in Berkeley, California.^[2]

Shortly after he moved to Vancouver, Canada where he began his education career. Kilian has taught in various British Columbia community colleges since 1967, of which five-months were spent in China from 1983 - 1984. In 1967, Kilian entered education with his first teaching position at the Vancouver post-secondary institution, Vancouver Community College. Shortly after in 1968, he moved to Capilano College for its inaugural year.

Kilian has published hundreds of print and electronic articles on a wide range of topics including education, science, environment, politics, and books.

He currently lives in North Vancouver, British Columbia.