Trammell Crow - Personal

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In 1989, Crow was an original inductee of the Woodrow Wilson High School Hall of Fame, which was established in connection with the school's sixtieth anniversary.

Crow was instrumental in bringing to Dallas the 1984 Republican National Convention, which renominated U.S. President Ronald W. Reagan and Vice President George Herbert Walker Bush. He and his wife, the former Margaret Doggett, were avid collectors of Asian art, for which they established a museum, The Trammell & Margaret Crow Collection of Asian Art. This private museum, is open to the public without charge. It is located on Flora Street in the Arts District of downtown Dallas.

At the time of his death, Crow was married to his wife of sixty-six years. The couple has six surviving children: Lucy C. Billingsley, Robert Crow, Harlan Crow, Howard Crow, Stuart Crow, and Trammell S. Crow. The Crows have sixteen grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.

Late in life, Crow began suffering from Alzheimer's disease. Crow died in his sleep at his ranch near Tyler in East Texas on January 14, 2009. He is interred at the Texas State Cemetery in Austin, Texas.

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