Jack Dyer Crouch (October 22, 1915 – July 25, 1989) was an American entrepreneur and conglomerate organizer.
Early life
Crouch was born in Columbia, Missouri and served in the United States Army during World War II.
Career
Crouch co-founded the Hyatt Hotel chain in 1954 with his partner Hyatt Robert von Dehn, and later became a Hilton Hotel franchise owner in the United States.[1]
He is credited with conceptualizing and building the world's first fly-in (airport) hotel, The Hyatt House Los Angeles.
Prior to that, Crouch owned "Jack's on the Strip" in Hollywood, one of the first drive-through restaurants in California. It was there that he would meet von Dehn, who would soon invest in his airport-hotel concept.