Fast Facts:
- Born: June 19, 1949
- Father served in the Air Force
- Alma Mater: Whitman College
- Major: English
- Received an honorary Doctor of Laws from Whitman
- In 1994, Crocker was awarded a Presidential Distinguished Service Award
- Holds a State Department Distinguished Honor Award
- Met his wife, Christine, in Baghdad in 1971
- Assigned to the American Embassy in Beirut during the Israeli invasion of Lebanon