Bob Cranmer
| Robert Wesley "Bob" Cranmer | |
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Bob Cranmer, taken in 1996
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| Member of the Allegheny County Board of Commissioners |
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In office January 1, 1996 – December 31, 1999 |
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| Preceded by | Tom Foerster |
| Succeeded by | Board Dissolved |
| Chairperson of the Allegheny County Republican Party |
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In office 1994–1996 |
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| Preceded by | Henry Sneath |
| Succeeded by | David Hamstead |
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July 24, 1956 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse(s) | Lesa Cranmer, (m. 1980) |
| Alma mater | Duquesne University |
| Profession | U.S. Army Officer, AT&T Corporation Sales/Marketing, Government Consultant |
| Religion | Roman Catholic |
| Awards |
 (3) Meritorious Service Medal (United States)Army Commendation Medal Army Achievement Medal  Parachutist Badge (United States) Air Assault Badge
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| Military service | |
| Allegiance | United States of America |
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 United States Army Military Intelligence Corps (United States Army)
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| Years of service | 1978–1986 (Active) 1987–1991 (Reserve) 1992–1998 (IRR) |
| Rank |
 Major
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| Commands | B Company, 311th MI BN (CEWI), 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), Ft. Campbell, KY; Special Security Detachment, Ft. Belvoir, VA; 3rd PSYOPS Company, 97th ARCOM, Pittsburgh, PA |
| a.^ Jane McMullen took over as Acting Chairperson following Cranmer's resignation, and served until Hamstead was elected as Cranmer's permanent successor in April 1996. | |
Robert "Bob" W. Cranmer (born 1956, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) is a veteran,Pennsylvania businessman, author, and politician, best known as a former Republican County Commissioner of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, from 1996 to 2000. Allegheny County is the second most populous county in Pennsylvania (1.3 million in 1996), following Philadelphia County. The county seat is Pittsburgh. The county forms the nucleus of the Pittsburgh metropolitan area, Pittsburgh DMA, and Pittsburgh Tri-state area. He is the author of the acclaimed horror novel The Demon of Brownsville Road.
The son of a retired military officer, Cranmer graduated from Brentwood High School in 1974 and received a bachelor of science degree in secondary education/history from Duquesne University in 1978. After service as a United States Army officer where one of his assignments was as a company commander with the 101st Airborne Division, he returned home and was elected to Brentwood Council in 1991.
In 1991 Cranmer ran for a seat on Brentwood council stating that he would bring a new grocery store to the community. But after his election Cranmer found his campaign promise was easier said than done when grocery chains he contacted disparaged the condition of the current shopping center and the topography of the land where it sat. Understanding that the Brentwood-Whitehall Shopping Center was in an advanced state of deterioration (and had fallen into bankruptcy), he initiated a plan to create an economic development corporation (Brentwood Economic Development Corporation, later expanded and renamed Economic Development South) to work with developers in addressing the commercial needs of Brentwood (specifically) and later expanded to serve other communities in the South Hills of Allegheny County.
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