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| − | | | + | |description=Spooky assistant to Senator [[Howard Baker]] who went to [[Le Cercle]] |
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| + | |image=George Montgomery.jpg | ||
| + | |spouses=Sally Hogeboom, Carol Lanfear | ||
| + | |birth_date=1944 | ||
| + | |death_date=14 Jun 2021 | ||
| + | |employment={{job | ||
| + | |title=United States Ambassador to Oman | ||
| + | |start=September 11, 1985 | ||
| + | |end=January 18, 1989 | ||
| + | }}{{job | ||
| + | |title=Counsel to Majority Leader Howard Baker | ||
| + | |start=1981 | ||
| + | |end=1985 | ||
| + | }}{{job | ||
| + | |title=Chief Legislative Assistant to U.S. Sen. Howard Baker, | ||
| + | |employer=Senate Foreign Relations Committee | ||
| + | |start=1977 | ||
| + | |end=1981 | ||
| + | }}{{job | ||
| + | |title=Legislative Assistant for Foreign Policy and National Defense to U.S. Sen. Howard Baker | ||
| + | |start=1976 | ||
| + | |end=1977 | ||
}} | }} | ||
| + | }}'''George Cranwell "Cran" Montgomery''' spent many years as an assistant to Senator [[Howard Baker]]. | ||
| + | ==Background== | ||
| + | He resigned his commission as lieutenant to enter law school, but continued to serve many years as captain in the Naval Reserve. | ||
==Career== | ==Career== | ||
| − | + | Before helping to found the International Practice Group at Baker Donelson in 1989, George Montgomery traveled widely throughout the Middle East for more than a decade, first as legislative assistant and then chief counsel to U.S. Sen. [[Howard H. Baker Jr.]], and then as ambassador to Oman. | |
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| + | ==Later activities== | ||
| + | Montgomery continued to visit the Middle East several times a year, both to maintain longstanding relationships with political and business leaders there and to build new ones. Cran's depth of experience in the Middle East recently helped him win a major petrochemical contract in [[Qatar]] for a U.S. petroleum company. He has worked in virtually every country on the Arabian peninsula, using his knowledge of the region's governments to facilitate business development and to advise companies on strategic planning and risk assessment. He periodically represents Middle Eastern governments in the U.S. and recently began representing Middle Eastern financial institutions seeking to invest in U.S. businesses and real estate. As a commissioned ensign in the U.S. Navy, Cran was an advisor to the navy of the Republic of Vietnam. | ||
| + | "While in Oman, he met [[Carol Lanfear]], a British artist living and working there. The two married in 1991".<ref>https://www.knoxnews.com/obituaries/kns036605</ref> | ||
==Deep political connections== | ==Deep political connections== | ||
He was a member of the [[Le Cercle]]. | He was a member of the [[Le Cercle]]. | ||
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{{SMWDocs}} | {{SMWDocs}} | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
{{reflist}} | {{reflist}} | ||
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| Born | 1944 | |||||||||
| Died | 14 Jun 2021 (Age 76) | |||||||||
| Spouse | • Sally Hogeboom • Carol Lanfear | |||||||||
| Member of | Le Cercle | |||||||||
Spooky assistant to Senator Howard Baker who went to Le Cercle
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George Cranwell "Cran" Montgomery spent many years as an assistant to Senator Howard Baker.
Background
He resigned his commission as lieutenant to enter law school, but continued to serve many years as captain in the Naval Reserve.
Career
Before helping to found the International Practice Group at Baker Donelson in 1989, George Montgomery traveled widely throughout the Middle East for more than a decade, first as legislative assistant and then chief counsel to U.S. Sen. Howard H. Baker Jr., and then as ambassador to Oman.
Later activities
Montgomery continued to visit the Middle East several times a year, both to maintain longstanding relationships with political and business leaders there and to build new ones. Cran's depth of experience in the Middle East recently helped him win a major petrochemical contract in Qatar for a U.S. petroleum company. He has worked in virtually every country on the Arabian peninsula, using his knowledge of the region's governments to facilitate business development and to advise companies on strategic planning and risk assessment. He periodically represents Middle Eastern governments in the U.S. and recently began representing Middle Eastern financial institutions seeking to invest in U.S. businesses and real estate. As a commissioned ensign in the U.S. Navy, Cran was an advisor to the navy of the Republic of Vietnam.
"While in Oman, he met Carol Lanfear, a British artist living and working there. The two married in 1991".[1]
Deep political connections
He was a member of the Le Cercle.
