Charles Harold McCrea

Background

McCrea, Charles Harold was born on January 3, 1925 in St. Louis. Son of Charles Harold and Mary (Edwards) McCrea.

Education

Case Western Reserve University (Bachelor of Business Administration, 1949. Bachelor of Laws, 19 53). Associate Editor, Case Western Reserve University Law Review, 19521953.

Associate, O’Melveny & Myers, Los Angeles, California, 1953-1956. Member, 1956-1987, General Counsel, 1962-1987, Director, 1969-1987 and Executive Vice President, 1973-1987, Southwest Gas Corporation. Member and Chairman, Selective Service Board No.2, Clark County, Nevada, 19661975.

Career

Associate O'Melveny & Myers, Los Angeles, 1953-1956. With Southwest Gas Corporation, Las Vegas, Nevada, 1956-1987, general counsel, 1962-1987, executive vice president, 1973-1987, also director. Partner Jones, Jones, Close & Brown, Nevada, from 1987.

Membership

Board directors Nevada Taxpayers Association, since 1979, Las Vegas Young Men’s Christian Association, since 1983, Mountain States Legal Foundation, Denver, since 1985. Served with Field Artillery, Army of the United States, 1943-1946, European Theatre of Operations.

Interests

• Tennis, skiing, water sports, reading, writing.

Connections

Married Patricia Ann Martin, December 18, 1948 (div. February 1970); children: Charles Harold, Mary P., Susan E., Martin, Andrew A. Married Mary Loyola Kelley, July 27, 1970.

Father:

Charles Harold McCrea

Mother:

Mary (Edwards) McCrea

Spouse:

Patricia Ann Martin

Spouse:

Mary Loyola Kelley

child:

Charles Harold McCrea

child:

Mary P. McCrea

child:

Susan E. McCrea

child:

Martin McCrea

child:

Andrew A McCrea