Background
Crane was born on April 7, 1928 in Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin.
Crane was born on April 7, 1928 in Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin.
Harvard University.
He initially worked as a lumberjack. His father owned Crane Lumber in Chippewa Falls. After serving in the state Assembly, he worked as a professor at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.
He graduated from Carlton College and received his masters from Harvard University.
Crane said that the county businessmen who gave him an Ivy League education expected him to serve in the Assembly as a "return on their investment."
He was a Republican.
Crane was a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly from 1957 to 1958.