Ralph W Crosby

Ralph Crosby has enjoyed great success in a multifaceted career as journalist, author and marketer. Born in Annapolis, Maryland, and raised in a third floor apartment on that city's Main Street, Ralph has written a tale of growing up at a tempestuous time in U.S. history--from the Great Depression, through World War II and the Cold War in a town where America's colonial history was even more tempestuous, amid classic homes and institutions that still exist. His latest book, MEMOIRS OF A MAIN STREET BOY, GROWING UP IN AMERICA'S ANCIENT CITY, takes the reader through Ralph's interplay with these historic places and events that helped shape U.S. history, as well as shaping his life and those of his generation.

Ralph went from this beginning to graduate from the University of Maryland College of Journalism and began his professional life as a newspaperman in Baltimore, later becoming a Washington Correspondent and magazine writer during the Eisenhower-Kennedy-Johnson era.

During his journalism days, Ralph had the good fortune to interview such notables as Robert Kennedy when he became Attorney General, an aging Eleanor Roosevelt, and newly minted astronaut Walter "Wally" Schirra. His journalism career culminated in 1972 as an editor with the Kiplinger organization. All the while, he lived in his hometown, where he still resides with his wife, Carlotta.

In 1973 Ralph started his own public relations firm, which has blossomed into one of the leading marketing companies in the Mid-Atlantic area. Today, he is chairman of the firm, Crosby Marketing Communications, which has 60 employees and offices in Annapolis and Washington, D.C.

MEMOIRS OF A MAIN STREET BOY is Ralph's third published book. The prior two books dealt with communications in business, the most recent of which was IT'S THE CUSTOMER, STUPID! Lessons Learned in a Lifetime of Marketing.