David Crosthwait (May 27 1898 – February 25 1976) was an African-American mechanical and electrical engineer inventor and writer. He was born in the city of Nashville Tennessee. He grew up in Kansas City Missouri. Once he completed high school he received a Bachelor of Science (1913) and a Masters of Engineering (1920) from Purdue University. He was granted an honorary doctoral degree in 1975 but died one year later.
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