Early Life and Career
Born in Cape Girardeau, Crowell is a lifelong resident of Southeast Missouri. His mother taught disabled children at the Parkview State School for over 30 years. His father was born in Marquand and raised in Fredericktown and Poplar Bluff. His younger brother currently teaches at Cape Central High School where he also coaches wrestling and soccer.
Crowell graduated from Cape Central High School in 1990. He then attended Southeast Missouri State University in Cape Girardeau where he received his bachelor's degree in economics. Sen. Crowell served in 1994 as Student Government President at Southeast, and in 1993, worked in Washington D.C. as a legislative intern for the late Congressman Bill Emerson. From there he attended the University of Missouri School of Law in Columbia where he received his Juris Doctor.In 1996, while in law school, Sen. Crowell served as a judicial intern to Missouri Supreme Court Judge Ronnie White, and in 1997, served as a law clerk to then Attorney General Jeremiah “Jay” Nixon.
Crowell is a lifelong member of Centenary United Methodist Church. His community commitments include serving on the Board of Directors of the Southeast Missouri Network Against Sexual Violence and on the University of Missouri Delta Center Advisory Board. He is also a member of the Cape Girardeau Chamber of Commerce, Cape Girardeau Noon Lions Club, and Missouri Farm Bureau. In addition, he is a member of the Southeast Missouri State University Copper Dome Society and Booster Club, Cape Girardeau Elks Lodge 639, and Theta Xi. He is an Eagle Scout with the Boy Scouts of America. Along with his current service in the legislature, Sen. Crowell is an attorney with the Cape Girardeau firm of Osburn, Hine, Yates and Murphy, LLC and is licensed to practice law in Missouri, Arkansas and Illinois.
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