William Crozier,  USMA 1876

Born:    1855

Died:    1942

• Graduated fifth in his class and was the last surviving member.
• Assistant Professor, mathematics, 1879-1884.
• Worked to improve coast artillery and became chief of ordnance.
• Vital role in conversion of factories for ordnance production in World War I.
• Designer and inventor of heavy guns.
• Elected to the National Academy of Sciences.

In 1961, part of the ordinance compound (building 671) was named in his honor [Rod Miller, West Point. U. S. Military Academy. An Architectural Tour, p. 119].