Background

He was born in Tucson Arizona, a fifth generation Arizonan. He earned a BA in African History, Economics and Accounting from Claremont McKenna College

Claremont McKenna College

Claremont McKenna College is a private, coeducational liberal arts college and a member of the Claremont Colleges located in Claremont, California. The campus is located east of Downtown Los Angeles...

 as a Distinguished Scholar and recipient of the CMC Student Citizen Award. He earned an MBA in Finance and Accounting from Columbia University Graduate School of Business.

Crutchfield is a member of Mensa

Mensa International

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Career

He founded with Maurice Strong

Maurice Strong

Maurice F. Strong, PC, CC, OM, FRSC is a Canadian entrepreneur and a former under-secretary general of the United Nations. Strong's first name is pronounced "Mor'ris" with the accent on the first syllable....

, Robert O. Anderson

Robert O. Anderson

Robert Orville Anderson was an American business leader, legendary wildcatter and philanthropist who founded Atlantic Richfield Oil Co. through the 1966 merger of the Atlantic and Richfield oil companies and was Arco's chairman for two decades...

, David R. Williams, Jr, and Samuel Belzberg

Samuel Belzberg

Samuel Belzberg, OC, OBC is a Canadian business man and philanthropist.Born in Calgary, Alberta, Belzberg was educated at the University of Alberta....

 and served as Vice Chairman of American Water Development Inc. (aka AWDI) the first large scale private water development project in the Western United States, which included on its board of directors William D. Ruckelshaus and Richard D. Lamm.

He also served as Vice Chairman of First Colorado Corporation, a private company which acquired and developed over 500000 acres (2,023.4 km²) of land and mineral rights in seven western states.

He also founded Oasis Partners, an investment and advisory firm. Oasis Partners originates, structures and invests in opportunities in real estate and private equity, focused on US and UK Real Estate, China and India.

He also was a founding member of the GCO Club, Claremont Men's College.

He is an expert on Middle East Energy matters and is a frequent speaker and contributor on these issues, notably in Qatar.

Board Membership

He serves as an advisor or on the boards of numerous private companies and not for profit organizations including:

• The Arizona Cancer Center at the University Medical Center (Tucson, Arizona)-an NCI Designated Cancer Center
• The Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  The Massachusetts Institute of Technology is a private research university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts. MIT has five schools and one college, containing a total of 32 academic departments, with a strong emphasis on scientific and technological education and research.Founded in 1861 in...
  
  

He is a member emeritus of the Advisory Board of the Center of the American West at the University of Colorado Boulder, of the Cisco Learning Institute, an affiliate of Cisco Systems

Cisco Systems

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, Inc., of the 114 Year old Arizona Club and of the Arizona Humanities Council.

Awards

He is among the youngest recipients ever of the City of Hope

City of Hope National Medical Center

City of Hope National Medical Center, is a private, not-for-profit clinical research center, hospital and graduate medical school located in Duarte, California, United States...

 National Medical Center-an NCI Designated Cancer Center Spirit of Life Award, the highest philanthropic honor bestowed by the cancer research and treatment facility which recognizes outstanding business and philanthropic leadership.

Other sources

• "Where in the World are We Going" by Maurice Strong.
• "Crossing the Next Meridian" by Charles F. Wilkinson
• "The Next West: Public Lands, Community and Economy in the American West" by John Baden
• The Atlas of the New West by The Center of the American West

Energy Expertise

• http://www.enrichingconf.com/newsdetail.php?id=8