Floyd L. Crank, 97, Professor Emeritus, Northern Illinois University, passed away February 25, 2017. Floyd served as a pilot with rank of Lieutenant Senior Grade in the US Navy from 1942 to 1946. He received his bachelor's degree at Southeast Missouri State University at Cape Girardeau, Missouri, and his master's and doctorate degrees from Northwestern University in Evanston. His first year of teaching was in a one-room school in Missouri, followed by teaching at high schools in Illinois. During the last 15 years of his teaching career, he was full professor in the College of Business at Northern Illinois University in DeKalb. He held Visiting Professorships at San Francisco State University and at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada. Following his retirement from NIU, he taught as Visiting Professor at Lamar University in Beaumont, Texas; ASU in Tempe, Arizona; and at the University of Wisconsin, at Madison. Professionally he served as president of state, regional, and national organizations. For several years he was active in the International Society of Business Education where he served on the International Executive Board. Floyd was the author and/or editor of several professional publications and the author of numerous professional articles for state and national publications. Among awards he received was the Excellence in Teaching Award at Northern Illinois University and the prestigious John Robert Gregg Award for distinguished service to Business Education in the United States. Floyd is survived by a brother, a sister, several nieces and nephews and numerous other relatives and friends. He was preceded in death by his wife, Doris, four sisters, and four brothers. A funeral service was held on February 28, 2017, at Aldersgate United Methodist Church, 4055 North Rockton Avenue, Rockford, IL. Burial was in Willwood Burial Park. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Good Samaritan Fund of Wesley Willows or to Aldersgate United Methodist Church.