Financial Services >> CEO Interviews >> February 27, 2001

Edmund Cronin Jr. – Washington Real Estate Investment Trust (wre)

Edmund B. Cronin, Jr., is President, Chief Executive Officer and a Trustee of Washington Real Estate Investment Trust. From 1976 to 1994, he served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the H.G. Smithy Company and its various operating subsidiaries, providing brokerage, asset management, finance, advisory and development services. Mr. Cronin is a Director of Potomac Electric Power Company; the John J. Kirlin Companies; a member of the American Society of Real Estate Counselors; past Chairman of the Greater Washington Board of Trade and the Washington/Baltimore Regional Association. Mr. Cronin holds trusteeships in the Federal City Council, the Greater Washington Research Center and the Meridian House International. Profile
TWST: Could you begin by giving us a profile, overview, history and

description of Washington Real Estate Investment Trust?

Mr. Cronin: Washington Real Estate Investment Trust was founded in