Bowker Biography:
Tom Craighead

 

Tom Craighead was born in a pre-Revolutionary home in the tiny hamlet of Cross River, NY in 1934. His first schooling was in a one room school house. In the military, he served in the Army 11th Airborne Division Paratroopers during the Korean Conflict.

After his tour of duty, Tom entered the public relations department of a large corporation in New York City. Fifteen years later, he purchased his family's business. Over the years until he retired, he earned life memberships in three volunteer organizations ... Lions International, his local fire department and the ambulance corps he founded in 1975. Tom received the Lion of the Year award 1984. In the same year, he was named Citizen of the Year by the Chamber of Commerce of his town.

After Tom retired from his business in 1989, he was hired as a radio-talkshow-host at WGHQ in Kingston, NY where he voiced his Conservative views on a morning show. The remainder of his time has been occupied writing books and journals and skydiving history.

On July 2, 1984, Tom crashed his Ultralite airplane in verticle flight into the ground, saved only by God and hitting a swamp and eight hours of surgery. He is most proud of the fact that he is an original American skydiver being one of the first ten in the sport in America and marvels at the progress and numbers of people following in his footsteps and their dream.

 

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