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CRAHAN, Jack B.
CRAHAN, Jack B. ( ---Dubuque, IA, Nov. 19, 2015) Jack Crahan joined FLEXSTEEL INDUSTRIES, INC. in 1947, working in the Metal Division in Dubuque. Through the years, he served in a number of executive capacities including Executive Vice President and General Manager of the Dubuque plant. In 1985, he succeeded Frank BERTSCH as President and Chief Operating Officer when Bertsch became Chairman of the Board. In 1985, with Crahan as president, Flexsteel responded to the acceleration of technology and globalization by forming a new Management Committee chaired by K. Bruce Lauritsen, then Executive Vice President of Sales. This committee's responsibility was to ready the company for expansion to the year 2000. (1)
In 1990, Crahan was named Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer; in 1993, Lauritsen was named Chief Executive Officer as well as President, and Crahan remained as Chairman. (2)
In 1999 at the annual meeting of the shareholders John R. Easter was elected Chairman of the Board when Jack B. Crahan declined to stand for re-election. (3)
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Source:
1. Furniture World News Page. Online: http://www.zoominfo.com/p/Jack-Crahan/36464647
2. Ibid.
3. Ibid.