Lew W. Cramer (born 1949) is an American businessman and former government official.[1]
Cramer was born in San Francisco, California. He was partly raised in Okinawa, where his father was stationed with the US military. He began his undergraduate career at Stanford University. He is a Latter-day Saint, and the bishop of his LDS ward was Henry B. Eyring who was influential in convincing him to serve an LDS mission. He served in the Germany Berlin Mission. After his mission he studied at Brigham Young University completing his undergraduate work and also attending law school there.[1]
Cramer practiced law in both Los Angeles and in the San Francisco Bay Area for the next few years. In 1984 he was involved with the preparation for the Los Angeles Olympics. He then came to Washington as a White House Fellow working for Ronald Reagan. He later served with various positions in the Commerce Department, ending up as Director General of the U.S. and Foreign Commercial Service by recess appointment.,[2] which at the time had a staff of 1,400 in 68 US and 125 foreign offices. He was closely involved with trade negotiations with Eastern Bloc countries in the period of 1988-1990.[1] In this position he was involved in extending their business to Eastern European countries. After that he created an international business consulting firm with Jake Garn.
After leaving federal service, Cramer became an international vice president for U.S. West (now MediaOne). Cramer contributed the article on Abinadi to the Encyclopedia of Mormonism.[1] From 2003-2005 Cramer was head of the J. Reuben Clark Law Society.
In 2006 Cramer was recruited by Jon Huntsman, Jr to form the World Trade Center of Utah. He stepped down from this position in 2013. Mr. Cramer currently serves as CEO of Colliers International-Utah. Colliers International is one of the largest commercial real estate companies in the world. Since 2013 Cramer has also served as stake president of the Salt Lake Ensign Stake.[1]
Cramer has also served on the national presidential advisory board of Utah Valley University.[3]
References edit
- ^ a b c d e "Lew W. Cramer". Businessweek. United States. Retrieved 28 October 2016.
- ^ listing of recess appointments by presidents from Reagan on
- ^ listing of Cramer position at UVU