Jasper Elliot Crane

Background

Crane, Jasper Elliot was born on May 17, 1881 in Newark, New Jersey, United States. Son of Edward Nichols and Cordelia (Matthews) Crane.

Education

Bachelor of Arts, Princeton, 1901, Master of Science, 1904. Student Massachusetts Institute Technology, 1903-1904.

Career

With the Arlington Company, Arlington, New Jersey, 1901-1915. With Éleuthère Irénée dupont de Nemours & Company, 1915-1946, vice president, 1929-1946. Director Du Pont Company, D. Van Nostrand Company.

Chairman Temporary Emergency Relief communications of Delaware, 1932-1934. Alumni trustee Princeton University, 1939-1943. Trustee, Foundation for Economics Education Director Wilmington Young Men’s Christian Association, Delaware Hospital Chairman United Community Fund Northern Delaware 1946-1950.

Membership

Member American Chemical Society, Institute of Chemical Engineers, Society of Chemical Industry. Member general council Presbyterian Church in United States of America, 1939-1945. Clubs: Wilmington, Wilmington Country.

Connections

Married Olive E. Crow, October 24, 1908. Children: Cordelia C. Speakman, Helen C. Rupert, Catherine C. Welling.

Father:

Edward Nichols Crane

Mother:

Cordelia (Matthews) Crane

Spouse:

Olive E. Crow

child:

Cordelia C. Speakman Crane

child:

Helen C. Rupert Crane

child:

Catherine C. Welling Crane