BALTIMORE, Aug. 14 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Constellation Energy mourns the passing of Edward A. Crooke, a member of Constellation Energy's board of directors and retired vice chairman of both Constellation Energy and Baltimore Gas and Electric Company (BGE). He was 70 years old.
"We are deeply saddened by the passing of Ed Crooke; he was a friend, an advisor and a long-time member of the Constellation Energy and BGE family," said Mayo A. Shattuck III, chairman, president and chief executive officer, Constellation Energy. "As a leader of Constellation Energy and BGE, as well as a member of the board of directors, Ed was truly instrumental in Constellation Energy's transformation into the growing, successful company we are today. Over four decades, we benefited tremendously from his business and financial acumen, insightful leadership, integrity and his extensive experience in the energy industry. We will miss him greatly and extend our deepest sympathy to his wife, Ann, his daughter, Angie Straub and her husband, David, and his granddaughters, Shannon and Kristen."
Mr. Crooke, who passed away on Aug. 10, was a member of the board of directors of Constellation Energy since April 1999 and served as a member of the board's Executive Committee, Audit Committee and Committee on Nuclear Power. From 1988 to April 1999, he was a director of BGE.
In December 2001, Mr. Crooke retired as vice chairman of Constellation Energy and BGE. He joined BGE in 1968 as an associate financial analyst and subsequently served in progressively responsible leadership positions, including supervisor-financial planning, vice president-finance & accounting and corporate secretary, and president and chief operating officer of BGE. Mr. Crooke was chairman of the board of directors for Constellation Holdings from 1996 to 1998 and chairman of the board of directors for Constellation Enterprises, Inc. in 1998.
Mr. Crooke was an active participant in civic and professional communities. He served as a director of AEGIS Insurance Services, Inc., Associated Electric & Gas Insurance Services, Limited and Baltimore Equitable Society. He also previously served on a number of other boards, including Allfirst Financial, Allfirst Bank, Corporate Office Properties Trust and Orion Power Holdings, Inc. Additionally, Mr. Crooke formerly served on the Goucher College board of trustees, the Baltimore Museum of Art board of trustees, Kennedy Krieger Institute's board of directors, and the Archdiocese of Baltimore's Investment Committee and its Partners in Excellence Program.
A native of Washington, D.C., Mr. Crooke graduated with a bachelor's degree in economics from the University of Maryland and a master's degree in business administration with a concentration in finance from Loyola College. He was a graduate of the Advanced Management Program of the Harvard Business School and the Executive Management Program of the Edison Electric Institute. Mr. Crooke was a member of the United States Army Reserve from 1956 to 1964.
Constellation Energy (http://www.constellation.com/), a FORTUNE 125 company with 2007 revenues of $21 billion, is the nation's largest competitive supplier of electricity to large commercial and industrial customers and the nation's largest wholesale power seller. Constellation Energy also manages fuels and energy services on behalf of energy intensive industries and utilities. It owns a diversified fleet of 83 generating units located throughout the United States, totaling approximately 9,000 megawatts of generating capacity. The company delivers electricity and natural gas through the Baltimore Gas and Electric Company (BGE), its regulated utility in Central Maryland.
