Background
Cryer, Earl Wilton was born on July 15, 1913 in Morris, Illinois, United States. Son of Walter Elmer and Alma E. (Lutzow) Cryer.
Cryer, Earl Wilton was born on July 15, 1913 in Morris, Illinois, United States. Son of Walter Elmer and Alma E. (Lutzow) Cryer.
Bachelor, Bowling Green State University, 1937.
Chartered Life Underwriter salesman New York Life Insurance Company, Detroit, 1938—1940, Mutual Benefit Life Insurance Company, Detroit, 1940—1949, assistant director tng Newark, 1949—1953. Director training Guardian Life of America, New York City, 1953—1955, superintendent agencies, 1955—1979. President New York Training Directors Association, 1954—1955.
Vice mayor Millburn Township, New Jersey, 1981, mayor, 1982—1984. Member Police and Fire Pension Commission, Dearborn, Michigan, 1947—1949. Member, vice president Millburn Board Education, 1955—1967.
Trustee Short Hills Country Day School (now Pingry), New Jersey, 1968—1974. Trustee, chairman Charles T. King Student Loan Fund, Millburn-Short Hills, 1966—1976. Committeeman Millburn Township Committee, 1979—1984.
Member long-range planning committee St. Barnabas Hospital, Livingston, New Jersey, 1980—1984. Trustee Millburn Free Public Library., 1982—1984, Panther Valley Property Owners Association, from 1985, Camp Merry Heart, from 1985.
Member of Pi Kappa Delta (Special Distinction medal 1937), New Jersey Conference Mayors, National Association Security Dealers (certified broker-dealer), Chartered Life Underwriters Association (Chartered Life Underwriter agency management), National Association Life Underwriters, Rotary Club (Millburn) (honorary), Kiwanis Lodges (Dearborn) (secretary 1942-1949).
Married Mary Venetia Miller, May 15, 1937 (divorced 1941). Children: Ernest Scott, Rodger Earl. Married Marguerite Gladys Root, June 23, 1942.
Children: Dennis Robert, Kenneth Owen, Bruce Allan.