Trammell Crow

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F. Trammell Crow (born 11 June 1914, in Dallas, Texas (USA)) is an American property developer.

Crow grew up in Dallas. After completing Woodrow Wilson High School in 1932, he worked for a Dallas bank and attended night school in accounting at Southern Methodist University. He then worked for three years as a CPA before joining the Navy in 1940. After World War II, he worked as a wholesale grain merchandiser, but saw more opportunities in warehouse real estate development, and entered the field. He was once called, "The World's Largest Landlord".

Mr. Crow is a collector of Asian arts. The Trammell & Margaret Crow Collection of Asian Art, his private museum, is open to the public free of charge. It is located on Flora Street, in the Arts District of Downtown Dallas.

He was inducted into the Woodrow Wilson High School Hall of Fame at the school's 50th anniversary in 1978.

Robert Sobel published Crow's biography, 'Trammell Crow, Master Builder".