In his more than 50 years of service, Admiral William Crowe Jr. was chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, chairman of the president’s Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board, and United States ambassador to the United Kingdom. During a 47-year military career, Admiral Crowe commanded U.S. forces in the Middle East, was the commander-in-chief of NATO forces in Southern Europe, and headed the nation’s largest geographical military operation-the U.S. Pacific Command. A graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy, Admiral Crowe received a master’s degree in education from Stanford University and a master’s and doctorate in politics from Princeton University.