William D. Krasnow

William D. Krasnow- of Osprey, Florida, formerly of Wayland MA, Charlestown MA and Newport RI, on July 12, 2015 at age 73 after a brief illness. Father of Stefanie Kaufman, Sheryl Krasnow and Lonny Krasnow, brother of Marshall Krasnow and grandfather of Drew Kaufman and Misale Verhelst. Born in Boston, he was known as Bill or, more likely, Kraz, he graduated from Boston University in 1963 with a Bachelor’s of Science in Aeronautical Engineering and thereafter participated in one of NASA’s first research studies of locomotion in lunar gravity. He served as manager of Corporate Real Estate for Digital Equipment Corporation from 1972 to ’85, and as director of real estate facilities at Apollo Computer Inc. from 1985 to ’90. He was a founding principal at Cresa Partners, LLC in 1990 and worked there until 2004, at which point he retired in pursuit of sunshine and water. A lifelong boating and Boston sports enthusiast, he had spent recent years working towards his pilot’s license.Graveside Services will be held at the Shara Tfilo Cemetery, 776 Baker Street,West Roxbury/Newton line, on Thursday, July 16, at 11am, a stone’s throw away from his childhood home. Expressions of sympathy may be made in Bill’s name to the American Heart Association, P.O. Box 417005, Boston, MA  02241-7005.