Elgin English Crull

Elgin English Crull (July 17, 1908–1976) was the city manager of Dallas, Texas from 1952 to 1966. Crull was deposed by Warren Commission assistant counsel Leon D. Hubert, Jr. on July 14, 1964 in Dallas.

Early life and education Crull was a native of Louisville, Kentucky.

Career After the University of Missouri, Crull came to Dallas, Texas in 1931 to become a reporter for the Dallas Journal. He quickly rose to become a senior reporter and was in that capacity when the Dallas Journal merged with the Dallas Dispatch in 1938. Because he covered the city beat, Crull came to the attention of James W. Aston, Dallas's city manager at the time who hired him to become his assistant. From 1942 to 1946, Crull served as a U.S. Air Force officer with the rank of major and spent more than half of his time in the service with the management control staff of the Pentagon. He returned to Dallas to assume his old job. This time serving under Roderic B. Thomas. When Charles C. Ford became the city manager in 1951, Crull became the assistant city manager and thereafter city manager when Ford resigned. In 1966, he resigned to become both a vice-president of the Howard Corporation and the Republic National Bank (First Republic Bank Corporation), retiring from both positions in late 1974. Crull died in Dallas's Parkland Hospital in 1976 after a long illness. He was survived by his wife, Katherine Virginia Galbraith.

City manager Curry was an assistant city manager or city manager in Dallas for over 25 years.

Professional associations Crull was president of the Texas City Managers Association in 1957. He had been a member and past vice-president of the International City Managers Association, as well as a member of the Municipal Finance Officers Association and a Rotarian.