Richard Crowe is a is a Professor of Astronomy at the University of Hawai`i Hilo (UHH). He was born in Canada, and obtained his B.Sc. and M.Sc. in astronomy from the University of Western Ontario and his Ph.D from the University of Toronto in 1984. Between 1977-79, he was the Resident Observer for the University of Toronto Southern Observatory at Las Campanas, Chile. He was also the Canadian Resident Astronomer for the Canada-France-Hawai`i Telescope (CFHT) Corporation from 1984-87. At CFHT, he had scientific responsibility for the high-resolution spectrograph, and supported guest observers carrying out observations. Since coming to UHH in 1987, his teaching responsibilities have ranged from introductory physics and astronomy to senior level astrophysics and quantum mechanics. Dr. Crowe's main research interests (with some 30 publications) are in the areas of pulsating stars, stellar evolution and spectroscopy. He has also published a dozen scholarly articles and 18 Hawai`i newspaper articles in the area of science education and criticism of pseudoscience. In 1991, Dr. Crowe was selected as a Fujio Matsuda Fellow of the University of Hawai`i for his scholarly work. He was Chair of the UHH Physics and Astronomy Department from 1992-2002 and is the Principal Investigator on the New Opportunities through Minority Initiatives in Space Science (NOMISS) grant funded by NASA, and a Co-Investigator on the Keaholoa grant funded by the National Science Foundation. Both these programs are designed to encourage local and Hawaiian students from K-16 to enter careers in space science by integrating astronomy with Polynesian skylore, voyaging, and Hawaiian culture. He has worked personally with a network of 30 local K-12 teachers committed to astronomy, and has delivered over 50 StarLab presentations in both public and private schools over the last 4 years. He has participated in formal voyaging canoe (the Wa`a Makali`i) training, and is always actively involved in encouraging the building of bridges between Hawaiian cultural specialists and local Mauna Kea astronomers. Dr. Crowe also regularly trains student observers using the UH 24-inch telescope atop Mauna Kea. In 2002, he completed a new revised version of the popular book Stars Over Hawai`i. He is also a content advisor to the Mauna Kea Astronomy Education Center, and the UHH representative on the Mauna Kea Observatory Outreach Committee. He has given astronomy presentations in many local outreach venues (e.g., Onizuka Day, AstroDay, Hawai`i County Fair, The Universe Tonight lecture series, and AstroVaganza 2001 and 2005). In 2001, Dr. Crowe and Dr. Alice Kawakami won City Bank's TIGR Award in Astronomy for NOMISS outreach efforts. He is Club Bulletin Editor and Public Relations Chair for the Rotary Club of Hilo Bay and is the Secretary for the UHH Chapter of the Sigma Xi Scientific Research Society. Finally, Dr. Crowe has played clarinet with the Hawai`i County Band for 19 years. He has been a member of the UHH Wind Ensemble, the UHH Chamber Singers, the UHH Chorus, the Kanilehua Chorale, and has performed Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue as a solo pianist with the County Band.