John F. Cramp’s history of stewardship to the hospitals of the Crozer-Keystone Health System may be unparalleled. The retired attorney and veteran has been continuously involved with shaping the direction of Crozer-Keystone hospitals for more than 45 years.
Mr. Cramp was elected to the Chester Hospital Board of Directors in 1959, four years before the hospital merged with Crozer Hospital to form Crozer-Chester Medical Center. He continued on the Crozer-Chester Medical Center Board of Directors, serving three years as chair. When Crozer merged with DCMH in 1990 to form the Crozer-Keystone Health System, Mr. Cramp of course became a member of that board as well. He earned emeritus status in 1998.
“It has been tremendously satisfying to see the hospitals develop over the years,” says Mr. Cramp. “My service has also given me the opportunity to work with a number of fine people, both fellow board members and hospital employees.”
Mr. Cramp enjoyed a lengthy and successful career as an attorney from 1949 to his retirement in 2003. He was a founding partner (1956) of the law firm Cramp, D’Iorio, McConchie & Forbes. With Mr. Cramp as a founding counsel, the firm merged with Beatty, Young, Otis & Lincke in 1996 to form Beatty, Cramp, Kauffman & Lincke. In addition, Mr. Cramp served as president, general counsel and director of Philadelphia Suburban Transportation Company, Bryn Mawr Group, which is now Dixon Ticonderoga.
During his tenure on the Crozer-Chester Medical Center board, Mr. Cramp helped to establish the graduate medical education program at Crozer. He demonstrated this commitment to education through his career. He served as general counsel for Widener College and Widener University and also served on the boards of Elwyn, Inc., Israel Elwyn, Vineland Training School and the Williamson Free School of Mechanical Trades. He holds a bachelor’s degree in business administration from Pennsylvania Military College, now Widener University, and a law degree from Dickinson.
Mr. Cramp was as an officer in the U.S. Army Infantry during World War II and in the Pennsylvania National Guard, 111th Infantry Regiment. He was a delegate to the 1960 Republication National Convention and served as Delaware County Republican Chairman for four years.
Mr. Cramp and his wife, Gloria, have eight children between them. They split their time between Malvern, Pa., and Naples, Fla.