Industrialist/Railroad
Centurion, 1858–1889
Born 8 March 1827 in New York (Manhattan), New York
Died 19 October 1889 in Chicago, Illinois
Buried Green-Wood Cemetery
, Brooklyn, New York
Proposed by John H. Gourlie
Elected 9 January 1858 at age thirty
Proposer of:
Century Memorial
John Crerar was a public-spirited citizen, addicted to literary pursuits, interested in libraries, and left the large fortune he accumulated to the establishment of a public library in the city of Chicago, where he died.
Henry E. Howland
1890 Century Association Yearbook
