Background
Crowley, John Crane was born on June 29, 1919 in Detroit, Michigan, United States. Son of Edward John and Leah Helen (Crane) Crowley.
Crowley, John Crane was born on June 29, 1919 in Detroit, Michigan, United States. Son of Edward John and Leah Helen (Crane) Crowley.
Bachelor with high honors, Swarthmore College, 1941. Master of Science, University Denver, 1943.
Assistant director Municipal Finance Officers Association, Chicago, 1946-1948. Southern California manager League California Cities, Los Angeles, 1948-1953. Manager City of Monterey Park, California, 1953-1956.
Founder, executive vice president National Medical Enterprises, Los Angeles, 1968. President Ventura Towne House (California), 1963-1996. Member faculty University Southern California School Public Administration, 1950-1953.
Board directors Regional Institute of Southern California, The Los Angeles Partnership 2000, Burbank-Glendale-Pasadena Airport Authority. Commissioner Bob Hope Airport.
Trustee Pacific Oaks Friends School and College, Pasadena, 1954-1957, 92-98, Swarthmore College, since 1987. Board directors Pasadena Area Liberal Arts Center, 1962-1972, president, 1965-1968. Board directors Pacificulture Foundation and Asia Museum, 1971-1976, president, 1972-1974.
Board directors National Municipal League, 1986-1992, American Advertising Federation Rose Bowl Aquatics Center, since 1997. Chairman Pasadena Cultural Heritage Commission, 1975-1978. City director Pasadena, 1979-1991.
Mayor City of Pasadena, 1986-1988. Board directors Western Justice Center, since 1992, vice president, since 1995, Los Angeles County Commission on Efficiency and Economy, since 1994. Member Los Angeles County Commission on Local Government, since 2000.
Member American Society Public Administrn. (local chapter, Winston Crouch award 1990), International City Management Association, National Municipal League (national board 1980-1992, Distinguished Citizen award, 1984), Institute Public Administration (senior associate), Phi Delta Theta.
Married Barbara Wenzel Gilfillan, January 12, 1945. Children: F. Alexander, Leonard, Philip, Eliot, Louise, Sylvia.