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Crowell was born in 1869 in Cleveland , Ohio to Mr and Mrs William Crowell. He attended Yale University , where he was admitted to the Zeta Psi fraternity, graduating in 1891 with both a Ph.D. and M.A. He returned to Cleveland to pursue a business career in Steel and Mining , and married his wife Julia Cobb in December 1904 . As war loomed, he rose quickly through the ranks of the United States Army Reserve , being made first an honorary Major on his entry in 1916 , and eventually a Brigadier General before being tapped for political positions. During the war, he went on to serve as Assistant Secretary Of War and Director Of Munitions , founded the Army Ordnance Association in 1919 , and would eventually a special consultant to the Secretary of War during World War II . He remained potent in politics between the wars, serving as a principal framer of the National Defense Act Of 1920 , and was president of the Army Ordnance Association, a lobbying group, for a quarter of a century. He died in Cleveland in 1952, being survived by his wife, and is interred in Arlington National Cemetery . EXTERNAL LINK
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