A graduate of the University of Michigan, B.B.A. and M.B.A. and Wayne State University, College of Law, J.D., Yale University, Yale Law School, LL.M. and Boston University, School of Law, LL.M. (Taxation), Mr. Crossland grew up in Toledo, Ohio where his father dreamed of his playing football at Michigan. Dreams came to fruition as he was a Varsity Football Reserve award letter winner (“Red Shirt”). Other extracurricular activities involved managing the hockey team (winner of the NCAA bronze medal in 1962). At Wayne State he was a Senior Editor of the Law Review and at Yale he was a Sterling Fellow. His icon is the noted Yale Law Professor and tax authority, Boris Bittker. Attorney Crossland is an inactive member of the Michigan Bar and was admitted to practice in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in 1970.