William J. Crowe papers, 1932-2003

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Biographical Note

Date	Event
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.