Bob Crowell
{{short description|American attorney and politician (1945-2020)}}
{{Infobox officeholder
|name = Robert L. Crowell
|image = BobCrowell.jpg
|caption = Crowell in 2008
|office = Mayor of Carson City
|term_start = January 5, 2009
|term_end = September 12, 2020
|predecessor = Marv Teixeira
|successor = Lori Bagwell
|birth_name = Robert Lamson Crowell
|birth_date = {{birth date|1945|11|28}}
|birth_place = Tonopah, Nevada, U.S.
|death_date = {{death date and age|2020|9|12|1945|11|28}}
|death_place = Reno, Nevada, U.S.
|party = Democratic
|spouse = {{marriage|Susan Crowell|1971}}
|children = 4, including Bradley Crowell
|education = Stanford University (BA)
University of California, Hastings (JD)
|website =
|branch = {{flag|United States Navy}}
|battles = Vietnam War
}}
Robert Lamson Crowell (November 28, 1945 – September 12, 2020) was an American attorney and politician who served as the mayor of Carson City, Nevada, from 2009 to 2020.{{cite news|first=Dave|last=Frank|title=New Carson City mayor, other officials sworn in|url=http://www.nevadaappeal.com/article/20090106/NEWS/901059958 |work=Nevada Appeal |date=2009-01-06 |access-date=2012-06-10}} He was a member of the Democratic Party.
Early life and education
Crowell was born in Tonopah, Nevada. He earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Stanford University in 1967 and a Juris Doctor from the Hastings College of the Law in 1973.{{cite news|title=Mayor Robert Crowell|url=http://www.carson.org/Index.aspx?page=591|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140213134158/http://www.carson.org/Index.aspx?page=591|url-status=dead|archive-date=2014-02-13|work=Carson City government|access-date=2012-06-10}}
Career
Crowell served in the Vietnam War before retiring from the United States Navy as a captain.
He was elected as mayor of Carson City in 2008 and assumed office in January 2009. he ran unopposed in the 2012 election, guaranteeing his second, four-year term.{{cite news|first=Geoff|last=Dornan|title=Crowell, Tatro unopposed in re-elections |url=http://www.nevadaappeal.com/article/20120321/NEWS/120329979 |work=Nevada Appeal |date=2012-03-21 |access-date=2012-06-10}} Under Nevada state law, uncontested elections are not included on the ballot.{{cite news|title=Candidates forum set for Tuesday |url=http://www.nevadaappeal.com/article/20120520/NEWS/120529979&parentprofile=search |work=Nevada Appeal |date=2012-05-20 |access-date=2012-06-10}} Crowell also served as a member of the Colorado River Commission of Nevada.{{Cite book |last=Harrison |first=Christian S. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZFkmEAAAQBAJ&dq=Bob+Crowell+carson+city&pg=PT200 |title=All the Water the Law Allows: Las Vegas and Colorado River Politics |date=2021-08-12 |publisher=University of Oklahoma Press |isbn=978-0-8061-7688-8 |language=en}}
Personal life
Crowell had four children and two grandchildren.{{Cite web |date=2020-09-12 |title=3-term Carson City Mayor Robert Crowell dies at 74 |url=https://www.reviewjournal.com/news/politics-and-government/nevada/3-term-carson-city-mayor-robert-crowell-dies-at-74-2118525/ |access-date=2024-07-17 |website=Las Vegas Review-Journal |language=en-US}} Crowell's son Bradley Crowell, is a political advisor and government official.{{Cite web |last=atrumble |title=Live stream: Carson City Mayor Robert L. Crowell's celebration of life |url=http://www.nevadaappeal.com/news/2020/oct/29/live-stream-carson-city-mayor-robert-l-crowells-ce/ |access-date=2022-05-03 |website=www.nevadaappeal.com}} Bob Crowell died at a VA hospital in Reno, Nevada, on September 12, 2020, at age 74.{{cite web|url=https://www.rgj.com/story/news/2020/09/12/report-carson-city-mayor-bob-crowell-dies/5779205002/ |title=Carson City Mayor Bob Crowell dies; motorcade will take body from Reno to Carson at 1 p.m. |work=Reno Gazette-Journal |date=2020-09-12 |access-date=2020-09-12 |author=Duggan, Brian}}
See also
References
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Category:21st-century mayors of places in Nevada
Category:Military personnel from Nevada
Category:People from Tonopah, Nevada
Category:Politicians from Carson City, Nevada
Category:Stanford University alumni
Category:University of California College of the Law, San Francisco alumni