Albertus Magnus College is Saddened by Loss of Marcus McCraven
Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters Recipient in 2011
Marcus McCraven, a history-making electrical engineer and member of the Albertus Magnus College family, passed away on May 5, 2021. McCraven received an Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters from Albertus in 2011.
“The Albertus Magnus College family joins Albertus Board of Trustee member Paul McCraven and his family, in mourning the loss of his father,” said Albertus President Marc M. Camille. In my time serving as President, I’ve learned Marcus McCraven was a man of so many admirable qualities, including leading a life of integrity, impact, and compassion. He was a source of positive change and indelible contributions in the greater New Haven region.”
McCraven, who resided in Hamden, was the former Vice President of United Illuminating and was Chairman of the Edison Electric Institute Environmental Committee. He also served on the US Environmental Protection Agency National Air Pollution Control Techniques Advisory Committee, the Executive Science Advisory Committee, and as a project leader of the Nuclear Systems Branch, Naval Research Laboratory.
After graduating from high school, McCraven enrolled at Howard University but was drafted in the US Army during his first year of college. He later returned to Howard and graduated with his Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering. McCraven’s work and expertise in his field led him to be profiled by The History Makers, billed as the Nation’s Largest African American Video Oral History Collection. The Emmy-nominated documentary, No Barriers Too High, also highlights McCraven’s contribution to the US nuclear development program. He was a trustee emeriti at Quinnipiac University where there is an endowed scholarship in his name.
Services will be held on Wednesday, May 12 at Dixwell Avenue Congregational Church in New Haven.
About Albertus Magnus College
Founded in 1925, Albertus is a coeducational Catholic College in the Dominican tradition. Albertus' values- and liberal arts-based education is recognized by external rankings such as US News & World Report, Money, and The New York Times, and has been named a Top 10 Military Friendly School. For ten consecutive years, at least 95% of Albertus graduates have attained employment or gone on to graduate studies within six months of completing their degrees. The College has an enrollment of approximately 1,300 students across its traditional undergraduate, accelerated adult undergraduate, and graduate program levels. Proud to enroll a student body where nearly half of its undergraduate students receive Federal Pell Grants and are first-generation college goers, Albertus is known for its innovative curricular offerings, recently launching new Bachelor's degree programs in Nursing, including BSN and Connecticut's first LPN-to-BSN; General Health Sciences; Interdisciplinary Studies; and Public Health.
Among its graduate offerings is the State of Connecticut's only Master of Arts in Art Therapy and Counseling program, and it is just one of three schools to offer a Master of Science in Human Services. In 2025-26, Albertus is celebrating its historic 100th Anniversary and completing implementation of the Albertus 2025: Lighting the Way to a Second Century strategic plan, with a bold vision to "be a destination liberal arts-based college, distinguished in its interdisciplinary and experiential approach to education, rooted in Dominican values, that prepares students for lifelong civic engagement and success." To learn more, please visit albertus.edu.