- Winner of the 1968 Pulitzer Prize for Music and father of actress-singer Ann Crumb and composer David Crumb.
- He received a bachelor's degree from the Mason College of Music and Fine Arts (now part of the University of Charleston). He earned a master's degree in music from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and a doctorate in composition from the University of Michigan.
- His father was a clarinetist and his mother played the cello.
- He was on the faculty of the University of Pennsylvania for over 30 years.
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