Frederick Lea Crane

Background

Crane, Frederick Lea was born on February 12, 1888 in Elizabeth, New Jersey, United States. Son of Augustus Stout and Minerva Carlisle (Lea) Crane.

Education

Mechanical Engineering, Stevens Institute Technology, Hoboken, New Jersey, 1910.

Career

Became cadet engineer Westinghouse Machine Company, 1910. Later appraisal engineer West Penn Traction Company, statistician West Penn Power Company, and construction engineer United Gas Improvement Company, with Elizabeth (New Jersey) Daily Journal since 1920, Chairman of the Board Union Company Savings Bank. Director Elizabethport Banking Сompany.

Vice president, trustee, Evergreen Cemetery, Elizabeth Young Men's Christian Association (past president).

Achievements

• Frederick Lea Crane has been listed as a noteworthy newspaper publisher. by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member American Newspaper Publications Association, Associate Press, Tau Beta Pi. Mason. (32°), Elk.; Clubs: Rotary, Suburban Golf (Elizabeth).

Connections

Married Gwendolen Kershner, January 20, 1917. Children: Dorothy Jean (deceased), Marian Lea (Mistress Robert Edward Graef) and Robert Clark.

Father:

Augustus Stout Crane

Mother:

Minerva Carlisle (Lea) Crane

Spouse:

Gwendolen Kershner

child:

Marian Lea Crane (Mistress Robert Edward Graef) and Robert Clark

child:

Dorothy Jean Crane (deceased)