Erwin, Paul F., 1919-2010

Paul F. Erwin was born in 1919 in Pocatello, Idaho. He graduated with a B.S. in education from Miami University of Ohio in 1941. He taught history and was a principal at schools in Ohio until 1946. That year he began graduate studies in history at Northwestern University, taking religion courses at the Garrett Theological Seminary as well. He received his master's degree in 1949. From 1954 through 1956, he took courses at Northwestern University toward a doctorate, but never finished. He has taught history since 1949 at Miami University and at the University of Cincinnati. He was the chair of the Department of History and Political Science at the University College division of the University of Cincinnati from 1971 until 1974.

He has written numerous industrial and business histories of various companies such as Armco Steel Corporation, Andrew Jergens Company, and the Ohio Casualty Insurance Company. He is the President of Crepho Corporation, his own publishing house which produced a school textbook entitled Round on the Ends – A Story of Ohio.

From the guide to the Paul F. Erwin (1919- ) Papers, 1946-1987, (Northwestern University Archives)