Word: crowley
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...seldom failed to present his case adequately to Washington. In his capacity for making friends easily, he has made a close friend of many a once-obscure person, and found him useful later, when he was not so obscure. V.E. met Leo Crowley before he rose to prominence as FDIC chairman, in 1939 put him in as the $50,000-a-year chairman of sprawling Standard Gas & Electric...
...When Crowley later became Alien Property Custodian, he in turn appointed V.E. to the board of two of the richest plums in his hands, General Aniline & Dye Corp. and General Dyestuff Corp. Similarly, V.E. met George Allen ten-odd years ago, when the President's jester was just a man around Washington. Says V.E.: "He was a very amusing fellow and I took a liking...
Soon after, ailing Standard Gas went into reorganization, and V.E., who had been chairman of the board, stepped out in favor of Leo Crowley. The great days of financial legerdemain, when a man could run a few electric light bulbs into a utility empire, were gone for good. V.E. looked around for fresh territory. In the sprawling Cord Corp., which then included AVCO as a subsidiary, he found...
Otto Amos Bremer (General Studies), Daniel Joseph Crowley, Jr., (Physics...
...John L. Crowley...