Personality Profiles: John Flanders, First Selectman, Town of Cromwell

John Flanders, Town of Cromwell

Name: John Flanders

Title: First Selectman

Company: Town of Cromwell

Location: 41 West St., Cromwell, Conn. 06416

Birthplace: Hartford, Conn. Birth Date: January 27

Family: Wife, Dr. Anne Camp; son, Nathan Flanders

College: Brown Univ., 1979, Math/Political Science; Univ. of Conn. School of Law, 2000

First job outside of real estate: Division quality control manager, Collins & Aiman, Dalton

What do you do now and what are you planning for the future: I am trying to help make Cromwell the best place in Connecticut to live and do business.

Hobbies: Golf, skiing

Favorite book: "The Path Between the Seas" by David McCullough

Favorite movie: "Night of the Hunter"

Person you most emulate (outside of family): Harry Truman

Key to success: Sweat the details

If you had to choose another vocation what would it be? Sea captain

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