Harlan Crow | |
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Born |
Harlan Rogers Crow 1949 Dallas, Texas, US |
Alma mater |
Randolph-Macon Academy |
Occupation | Real estate developer |
Political party | Republican |
Parent(s) | Margaret Doggett Crow and Trammell Crow |
Randolph-Macon Academy
Emory University
Harlan Rogers Crow (born 1949) is an American real estate developer and conservative philanthropist from Dallas, Texas.
Harlan Crow was born in Dallas, the third son of Margaret Doggett Crow and real estate developer Trammell Crow. He has four brothers and one sister. Unlike his siblings, he attended high school at the Randolph-Macon Academy in Front Royal, Virginia. He later attended Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia, before he transferred to the University of Texas where he received a BBA.
He worked as a leasing agent for Trammell Crow Houston Industrial from 1974 to 1978 and managed the Dallas Office Building development operations of Trammell Crow Company from 1978 to 1986. He then served as President of the Wyndham Hotel Company from 1986 to 1988. He assumed responsibility for Crow Holdings in 1988 and currently serves as both Chairman and Chief Executive Officer.
He is a member of the founding committee of the 501(c)4 organization Club for Growth, and serves on the board of the American Enterprise Institute. He has donated almost $5 million to Republican campaigns and conservative groups. He is a close friend of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas; this relationship has made Thomas the center of a debate about questionable judicial ethics. Crow is a member of the all-male Bohemian Club, and as early as 1997 has hosted Thomas as a guest at the group's annual summer encampment, the Bohemian Grove. He is also a friend and former business partner of the publisher Wick Allison.