Bobby Crim and Lois Craig connection
Bobby Crim and Lois Craig met in 1963 when both took temporary mail-sorting jobs to earn extra cash at Christmas.
Crim was a Davison City Council member and teacher at Flint’s McKinley Junior High, and Craig was married to the president of a a small UAW local.
They sorted letters together midnight to 6 a.m., a shift giving them lots of times to talk. Crim had political aspirations, and Craig was already an activitist in the Democratic Party.
In early 1964, Crim asked her to work on his campaign for the House, which he won. He lost the next race, but returned to the legislature in 1972.
Craig, now divorced, joined the house Democratic research staff in 1976, which allowed her to work closely with Crim. In 1977, she became his administratve assistant. That led to her involvement with the first Crim 10-mile road race.
Early Vision
• Inspiring Special Olympians lead to year-round fitness goal
• From the start: Do good
• Read what Bobby Crim has to say about the early days. and the changing organization
• Crim has look at the race that bears his name
• A key reason the Crim event was successful is Lois Craig, his administrative assistant.
Growing the Vision
• Dreamers see more than a race
• Fitness new focus of Crim
• Uniting the community from "The Long Blue LIne"
More on Bobby Crim
• A Journal staff writer caught up with him in 1998 to look at his political career
• Through the years slideshow
At The Top
1977: Lois Craig
1994: Laurie McCann
1996: Anne Gault
1999: Sherlynn Everly
2005: Deb Kiertzner
2005: Gerry Myers
• Inspiring Special Olympians lead to year-round fitness goal
• From the start: Do good
• Read what Bobby Crim has to say about the early days. and the changing organization
• Crim has look at the race that bears his name
• A key reason the Crim event was successful is Lois Craig, his administrative assistant.
Growing the Vision
• Dreamers see more than a race
• Fitness new focus of Crim
• Uniting the community from "The Long Blue LIne"
More on Bobby Crim
• A Journal staff writer caught up with him in 1998 to look at his political career
• Through the years slideshow
At The Top
1977: Lois Craig
1994: Laurie McCann
1996: Anne Gault
1999: Sherlynn Everly
2005: Deb Kiertzner
2005: Gerry Myers