Marshall A. Crowe served in the Department of External Affairs from 1947 to 1961. He was twice posted to Moscow: in 1948 as Third Secretary and in 1958 as Counsellor. Later, he was an Economic Adviser to the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (1961-67), Assistant Secretary to the Cabinet (1967-69), Deputy Secretary to the Cabinet (1969-71), Chairman of the Canadian Development Corporation (1971-73), Chairman of the National Energy Board (1973-77), and President of M.A. Crowe Consultants (1978-1994).