John Bever Crane

Background

Crane, John Bever was born on July 20, 1903 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of George Washington and Eliza (Bever) Crane.

Education

AB, Northwestern University, 1924. Master of Arts, Harvard University, 1926. Doctor of Philosophy, Harvard University, 1932.

Student, London University, 1935.

Career

Instructor economics Harvard University, 1928-1937. Assistant professor economics Northwestern University, 1937-1942. Director economic history Illinois Cities Project, 1938-1941.

Senior economist Interstate Commerce Commission, Washington, 1942-1943. Principal economist, chief transportation section Department Commerce, 1943-1944. Director economic research Glenn L. Martin Company, Baltimore, 1944-1945.

President Transportation Analysts, Inc., Washington, 1945-1946. Director special United States Senate Committee on Economic Resources, also administrative assistant to the United States Senator George W. Malone, 1947-1950. Director overseas operations, also author syndicated daily newspaper column Europe Day by Day Hopkins Syndicate, 1950-1959.

Professor economics Kansas State University, 1960-1961. Vice president Indiana Institute of Technology, 1961-1962. Holder Musser endowed chair, professor economics, chairman department Iowa Wesleyan College, 1962-1972, chairman social science division, 1963-1968, director International Center, 1963-1968, director Germanic Institute, 1963-1972, professor emeritus, from 1972.

International trade analyst BKW Associates, Inc., 1975, Business Analysis & Systems Information Corporation, 1977-1982. Director air mail investigation United States House Committee on Post Office and Post Rds., 1932-1933. Consultant various companies, government agencies, since 1937.

Lecturer Council Foreign Relations, 1961. School Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins, 1944-1946.

Achievements

• John Bever Crane has been listed as a noteworthy economics educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member Alpha Delta Phi, Sigma Delta Rho, Order of Artus. Lodges: Rotary.

Connections

Married Catherine Dickson, January 31, 1925 (divorced). Children: Marilyn Elsbeth, Robert Dickson. Married Joan Elizabeth Stauffer, September 11, 1938.

Father:

George Washington Crane

Mother:

Eliza (Bever) Crane

Spouse:

Joan Elizabeth Stauffer

Spouse:

Catherine Dickson

child:

Marilyn Elsbeth Crane

child:

Robert Dickson Crane