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Relations Commission, member of the board of directors of the Cerebral Palsy Association, Lions and Keep Middlesex Moving Inc, North Jersey Transportation Planning Commission Inc, and on the advisory board of the Raritan Valley Workship. He received the Charles A. Lindbergh Transportation Award granted by the State of New Jersey and was honored by the State of Israel and State of Israel Bonds. The David B. Crabiel Scholarship Foundation was established in 1992 for students in Middlesex County. In 2014, the scholarship dedicated the David B. Crabiel Fireplace at
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Crabiel was a member of a number of boards and civic organizations. He was elected to the board of directors of the North
Brunswick Savings & Loan Association in 1972. Other memberships included honorary chairman of the Melvin H. Motolinsky Research Foundation, honorary co-chair of the Middlesex
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