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{{Infobox person
{{Infobox person
|name =John Alston "Jack" Crichton<br>
|name=John Alston "Jack" Crichton<br>
(Texas oil and natural gas industrialist)
(Texas oil and natural gas industrialist)
|birth_date=October 16, 1916
|birth_date=October 16, 1916
|birth_place =Crichton<br>Red River Parish<br> [[Louisiana]]<br> [[United States|USA]]
|birth_place=Crichton, Red River Parish<br> [[Louisiana]], [[United States|USA]]
|death_place=[[Dallas]], [[Texas]]
|death_place=[[Dallas]], [[Texas]]
|death_date=December 10, 2007 (aged 91)
|death_date=December 10, 2007 (aged 91)
|death_cause=[[Cancer]]<br>
|death_cause=[[Cancer]]<br>
Resting place:<br>
Resting place:<br>
Preston Hollow Presbyterian Church Columbarium in Dallas
Preston Hollow Presbyterian Church Columbarium in Dalla<br>
'''Alma mater''':<br>
'''Alma mater''':<br>
Clifton Ellis Byrd High School<br>
Clifton Ellis Byrd High School<br>
}}
}}
'''John Alston Crichton''', known as '''Jack Crichton''' (October 16, 1916 – December 10, 2007),<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ssdi.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/ssdi.cgi|title=Social Security Death Index|publisher=ssdi.rootsweb.ancestry.com|accessdate=April 8, 2010}}</ref> was an [[oil]] and [[natural gas]] industrialist from [[Dallas]], [[Texas]], who was among the first of his ranks to recognize the importance of [[petroleum]] reserves in the [[Middle East]].<ref name=dmn>{{cite web|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/dallasmorningnews/obituary.aspx?n=john-alston-crichton&pid=99503957|author=Joe Simnache|title="John Alston "Jack" Crichton: Oilman, military officer in WWII"|publisher=''Dallas Morning News''|date=December 15, 2007|accessdate=October 9, 2015}}</ref> In 1964, he carried the [[Republican Party|Republican]] banner in a fruitless campaign against the second-term reelection of [[Governor]] [[John Connally]], then a [[Democratic Party|Democrat]], who switched parties nine years later.
'''John Alston Crichton''', known as '''Jack Crichton''' (October 16, 1916 – December 10, 2007),<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ssdi.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/ssdi.cgi|title=Social Security Death Index|publisher=ssdi.rootsweb.ancestry.com|accessdate=April 8, 2010}}</ref> was an [[oil]] and [[natural gas]] industrialist from [[Dallas]], [[Texas]], who was among the first of his ranks to recognize the importance of [[petroleum]] reserves in the [[Middle East]].<ref name=dmn>{{cite web|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/dallasmorningnews/obituary.aspx?n=john-alston-crichton&pid=99503957|author=Joe Simnache|title="John Alston "Jack" Crichton: Oilman, military officer in WWII"|publisher=''Dallas Morning News''|date=December 15, 2007|accessdate=October 9, 2015}}</ref> In 1964, he carried the [[Republican Party|Republican]] banner in a fruitless campaign against the second-term reelection of [[Governor]] [[John Connally]], then a [[Democratic Party|Democrat]], who switched parties nine years later.
In 1990, Crichton (pronounced CRAY TON) wrote in an opinion piece for ''The Dallas Morning News'' that he first realized the vastness of the Middle Eastern oil reserves prior to 1950. He and a coworker determined, he said, that the Burgan Field in [[Kuwait]], for example, held ten billion barrels of crude oil. In 1951, he helped to establish San Juan Oil Company in Dallas, where he became the vice president of operations. During the 1950s, he took a group of American businessmen to [[Yemen]] to search for oil. During his long career, he was the president of the Yemen Development Corporation and the Dorchester Gas Corporation, Crichton was also involved in the mining of [[copper]], [[zinc]], [[gold]], [[silver]], and [[nickel]] through his Arabian Shield Development Company.<ref name=dmn/>
In 1990, Crichton (pronounced CRAY TON) wrote in an opinion piece for ''The Dallas Morning News'' that he first realized the vastness of the Middle Eastern oil reserves prior to 1950. He and a coworker determined, he said, that the Burgan Field in [[Kuwait]], for example, held ten billion barrels of crude oil. In 1951, he helped to establish San Juan Oil Company in Dallas, where he became the vice president of operations. During the 1950s, he took a group of American businessmen to [[Yemen]] to search for oil. During his long career, he was the president of the Yemen Development Corporation and the Dorchester Gas Corporation, Crichton was also involved in the mining of [[copper]], [[zinc]], [[gold]], [[silver]], and [[nickel]] through his Arabian Shield Development Company.<ref name=dmn/>