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