Block, Upload, Automoderated users, edit, move, protect, rollback
57,799
edits
Changes
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
Line 18:
Line 18: − +
no edit summary
[[Texas A&M University]]<br>
[[Texas A&M University]]<br>
[[Massachusetts Institute of Technology]]}}
[[Massachusetts Institute of Technology]]}}
'''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.