Crowe, William J., 1925-2007

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Birth 1925-01-02
Death 2007-10-18
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William J. Crowe graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1947 and earned an M.A. and Ph.D. from Princeton university. A submariner, he was senior adviser to the Vietnamese navy Riverine Force and in 1973 was promoted to rear admiral. In 1980, he was promoted to admiral and was Commander-in-Chief of the Allied Forces Southern Europe. In 1985, he served as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, a position he held until he retired in 1989. Crowe served as ambassador to the United Kingdom from 1994 to 1997.

From the description of Memoirs, 1993. (Naval War College). WorldCat record id: 706696696

From the description of Letter, June 12, 1991. (Naval War College). WorldCat record id: 741514267

Naval officer and diplomat.

From the description of Papers of William J. Crowe. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71073564

Biographical Note

1925, Jan. 2 Born, La Grange, Ky. 1930 Moved with family to Oklahoma City, Okla. 1942 1943 Attended University of Oklahoma, Norman, Okla. 1946 Graduated with class of 1947, U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis, Md. 1948 1949 Attended Naval Submarine School, New London, Conn. 1949 1951 Served aboard Flying Fish (submarine) 1954 Married Shirley Mary Grennell 1954 1955 Assistant to the naval aide to the president, White House, Washington, D.C. 1956 M.A., personnel administration and training, Stanford University, Palo Alto, Calif. 1956 1958 Executive officer, Wahoo (submarine) 1958 1959 Head, New Development/Special Weapons Branch, Personnel Research Division, Bureau of Naval Personnel, Washington, D.C. 1959 1960 Aide to deputy chief of naval operations, Plans and Policy Division, Office of Chief of Naval Operations, Washington, D.C. 1960 1962 Commanding officer, Trout (submarine) 1964 M.A., Princeton University, Princeton, N.J. 1965 Ph.D., politics, Princeton University, Princeton, N.J. 1965 1967 Chief staff officer and later commander, Submarine Division Thirty-One, San Diego, Calif. 1967 1970 Branch head, Pacific and East Asia Branch, Politico-Military Policy Division, Office of Chief of Naval Operations 1970 1971 Senior advisor to Vietnamese, Amphibious Task Force, Cà Mau, Vietnam; and Vietnamese Navy Riverine Force, Binh Thuy, Vietnam 1971 1973 Director, Office of Micronesian Status Negotiations Deputy to president's personal representative for Micronesian Status Negotiations, Interior Department 1973 1975 Deputy director, Strategic Plans, Policy and Nuclear Systems Division, Office of Chief of Naval Operations, Washington, D.C. 1974 Promoted to rear admiral 1975 1976 Director, East Asia and Pacific Region, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (International Security Affairs), Washington, D.C. 1976 1977 Commander, Middle East Force, Bahrain, Persian Gulf 1977 Promoted to vice admiral 1977 1980 Deputy chief of naval operations, Plans, Policy and Operations Division, Office of Chief of Naval Operations, Washington, D.C. Senior navy member, U.S. delegation, United Nations Military Staff Committee, Washington, D.C. 1980 Promoted to admiral 1980 1983 Commander in chief, Allied Forces Southern Europe, Naples, Italy; and Commander in chief, U.S. Naval Forces in Europe, Naples, Italy, 1983 1983 1985 Commander in chief, Pacific Command, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii 1985 1989 Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff, Washington, D.C. 1989 Appeared as himself in “Hot Rocks” episode of television series Cheers Retired from navy 1989 circa 1994 Instructor, geopolitics, University of Oklahoma, Norman, Okla. Counselor, Center for Strategic and International Studies, Washington, D.C. 1990 1993 Member and director, Council on Foreign Relations Co-chairman, Carnegie Commission on Reducing Nuclear Danger 1993 Published autobiography with David Chanoff, The Line of Fire from Washington to the Gulf, the Politics and Battles of the New Military. New York: Simon & Schuster Published with McGeorge Bundy and Sidney D. Drell, Reducing Nuclear Danger: The Road Away from the Brink. New York: Council on Foreign Relations Press 1993 1994 Chairman, President's Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board 1994 1997 Ambassador to the United Kingdom, London, England 1998 1999 Chair, State Department Accountability Review Board 1999 2007 Instructor, U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis, Md. 2000 Received Presidential Medal of Freedom 2007, Oct. 18 Died, Bethesda, Md.

From the guide to the William J. Crowe Papers, 1932-2003, (bulk 1971-2003), (Manuscript Division Library of Congress)

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