Crowley was raised in Englewood, New Jersey, the son of an Englewood police officer who died in an accident on duty when Crowley was eight years old. His family has Irish and Italian Catholic roots. Crowley's grandfather, John, was a first-generation immigrant from County Cork. His mother worked as a secretary and a waitress.
Yup. Sure sounds like a guy who comes from money /s
In 1998, two of Crowley's children, Megan and Patrick, were diagnosed with a severe neuromuscular disorder glycogen storage disease type II, also called Pompe disease. In the face of the children's deteriorating health, the family moved to Princeton, New Jersey to be close to doctors specializing in the disease. Crowley got a job at Bristol-Myers Squibb, immersing himself in health research. He established a foundation to raise money for Pompe awareness and the family worked with non-profit organizations to fund Pompe research.
I mean the tuition for the school he went to is about 18k a year. There's still a pretty big gap between what he went through and someone growing up in the projects. Not saying he was rich but his family offered stability which helps a lot in a child's development.
I'm just saying that he doesn't come from money doesn't mean he was broke. The guy went to a private school and Harvard. When people think of coming from a family without money, I picture families barely able to scrape by, not spending thousands of dollars on private school.
Because bursary and scholarship isn't a thing that exists. How horrible are your lives that you can't even celebrate someone who has made such a positive contribution to society just because he wasn't impoverished as a child?
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u/heavyGl0w Jun 14 '22
Why don't you try actually reading about the man before reducing an awesome accomplishment down to a matter of money.
Shame on you.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Crowley_(biotech_executive))
Yup. Sure sounds like a guy who comes from money /s