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John Cromwell was born on 29 August 1979 in Los Angeles, California, USA. He is an actor and producer, known for Memorial Day (2012), American Horror Story (2011) and Zugzwang (2014).
- August 29, 1979
- A Family of Educated Achievers
- Work Experience For Licensure Proved Impossible
- Tenacity Pays Off
- Cromwell’s Legacy Lives on
Cromwell graduated from college in 1906. While most Americans did not attend college at that time, only 1 in 3,600 Blacks had a college degree and whites were five times more likely than Blacks to go to college, according to Hammond’s book, A White-Collar Profession: African-American Certified Public Accountants Since 1921. A combination of factors...
Cromwell, who taught himself accounting, was initially prevented from qualifying for a CPA license because of a common challenge for Blacks at the time: Most states required CPA Exam candidates to work for a licensed CPA at an accounting firm. While Cromwell and numerous other Black aspiring CPAs in much of the early 20th century attempted to find ...
Fortunately, Cromwell was ultimately able to do an end run around the obstacles that had blocked him from becoming a CPA. In 1921, when New Hampshire dropped its experience requirement, he finally could take the Uniform CPA Examinationand become a CPA. It had taken him 15 years from the time of his graduation to gain the chance to become licensed. ...
Cromwell is an inspiring figure as much today as he was yesterday. Previts pointed to a recent example of the ongoing recognition of Blacks in the profession: William Louis Campfield, CPA, in 2019 was the first Black accountant inducted into the Accounting Hall of Fame. Campfield was the grandson of slaves. “There is reason to be hopeful that these...
- Anita Dennis
Apr 18, 2018 · But one man, 42-year-old Captain John Philip Cromwell, a senior submarine officer, chose to go down with Sculpin. As he told the only officer to survive: “I know too much.” Cromwell’s decision was perhaps rooted in his upbringing in the patriotic town of Henry, Illinois.
- Steven Trent Smith
Jan 29, 2023 · In 1951, John Cromwell's directing career ended abruptly. He was blacklisted, falsely labeled a Communist. He could've saved his career by naming names to the House Committee on Un-American...
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- Ben Mankiewicz
7 Photos. Actor / director John Cromwell was born December 23, 1887, in Toledo, OH. He made his Broadway debut on October 14, 1912, in Marian De Forest 's adaptation of Louisa May Alcott 's "Little Women" at the Playhouse Theatre. The show was a hit, running for a total of 184 performances.
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- Toledo, Ohio, USA
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- Santa Barbara, California, USA
John Cromwell was born on 29 August 1979 in Los Angeles, California, USA. He is an actor and producer, known for Memorial Day (2012), American Horror Story (2011) and Zugzwang (2014).
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He is the son of actress Kay Johnson (1904–1975) and actor and director John Cromwell (1886–1979), who was blacklisted during the McCarthy era. His parents divorced in 1946. He has English, German, Irish, and Scottish ancestry.
