Edwin M. Cronk
{{Short description|American diplomat (1918–2020)}}
Edwin Monroe Cronk (May 20, 1918 – September 1, 2020) was an American diplomat who served as the third United States Ambassador to Singapore from 1972 to 1975.Stewart, John,[http://www.fredericknewspost.com/sections/business/display.htm?StoryID=60428 Shortchanging your Retirement] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120229083924/http://www.fredericknewspost.com/sections/business/display.htm?StoryID=60428 |date=2012-02-29 }} May 2007, fredericknewspost.com. Retrieved March 2011
Biography
Cronk was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, to William F. Cronk and Edith Hanson, where he grew up and graduated from Central High School. He was a Troop #33 Eagle Scout and attended Deep Springs College (class of 1936) and then Cornell University (class of 1941). Cronk married Dorothy Montgomery in 1943. During World War II he served in the Air Force from 1942 to 1946 in the Pacific Theater. As part of the rebuilding of Japan after the War, he became Chief of the Japanese Financial Trade from 1951 to 1956 and was subsequently recruited into the Foreign Service. His tours of duty in the Foreign Service included Korea, Germany, and Australia, with a final assignment as Ambassador to the Republic of Singapore from 1972 to 1975.{{Cite web |date=7 November 1988 |title=The Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training Foreign Affairs Oral History Project AMBASSADOR EDWIN CRONK |url=https://adst.org/OH%20TOCs/Cronk,%20Edwin.toc.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240621163615/https://adst.org/OH%20TOCs/Cronk,%20Edwin.toc.pdf |archive-date=21 June 2024 |access-date=24 July 2024 |website=Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training}} After his retirement from government service, Cronk accepted the position of Dean and Director of Deep Springs College, his alma mater, where he served from 1976 to 1980 after which he served as a trustee of the college and was chairman of the board for 3 years.{{cite news|last=Meyer|first=Thomas|title=School on the Range|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1989-05-14-we-314-story.html|work=Los Angeles Times|date=May 14, 1989}}{{cite web|author1-link=L. Jackson Newell|last=Newell|first=L. Jackson|title=Deep Springs: Loyalty to a Fault?|url=http://web.mit.edu/jrising/resources/ds.txt}}
He died in September 2020 at the age of 102.[https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/washingtonpost/obituary.aspx?n=edwin-cronk&pid=196804013 Edwin Cronk obituary]
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External links
- [http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cronen-crosbie.html#RBJ073OWW Edwin Cronk's entry at the Political Graveyard]
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Category:Military personnel from Minneapolis
Category:Ambassadors of the United States to Singapore
Category:American men centenarians
Category:Cornell University alumni
Category:Deep Springs College alumni
Category:United States Army Air Forces personnel of World War II
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