BENJAMIN CRANE

1929 - 2022

CRANE--Benjamin F. The lawyers and staff of Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP mourn the passing of their partner, colleague and friend, Benjamin F. Crane. We extend our deepest sympathies to his children and family. Mr. Crane joined Cravath in 1954, became a partner in 1963, and was in charge of the Firm's office in Paris in 1965 and 1966. He retired from Cravath's Corporate Department in 1994. Mr. Crane's practice encompassed domestic and international offerings of securities, mergers and acquisitions, joint venture agreements and employment arrangements, and his clients included Johnson & Johnson, Bayer, Nestle, Air Products and Chemicals, St. Gobain and many U.S. investment banking firms. Mr. Crane was a member of the New York City Bar Association, where he was a member of the Committee on Federal Legislation. He was also a member of the American Bar Association and the New York State Bar Association. Born in Holden, Massachusetts, Mr. Crane graduated from the Bronx High School of Science and went on to receive an A.B. from the University of Iowa in 1951, where he was elected to Phi Beta Kappa, and an LL.B. cum laude from New York University School of Law in 1954, where he was an Editor of the Law Review, a semi- finalist in the National Moot Court Competition and a member of the first class of Root-Tilden Scholars. He served in the U.S. Army from 1946 to 1947, where he was part of the Armed Forces Radio Service in Leghorn, Italy. In his four decades at Cravath, Mr. Crane was as well known for his expertise as he was for his character and warmth. Donations in his honor may be made to the Brooklyn Bridge Park Conservancy, Planned Parenthood of Greater New York, or the Santa Fe Opera.