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Lieutenant Commander Jack R. Crusher; Starfleet officer, husband to Beverly Crusher, and father to Wesley Crusher. Jack Crusher, a close friend to Captain Jean-Luc Picard, married medical student Beverly Howard in 2348. Crusher had proposed to Beverly by giving her a gag gift, a book entitled How to Advance Your Career Through Marriage. Their son, Wesley, was born a year later. "Family".

During their marriage, Crusher and his wife spent extended periods of time with his friend, Jean-Luc Picard. Crusher was never aware that his friend, Picard, was strongly attracted to Beverly. When Wesley was young, Jack and Beverly took him on a camping trip to Balfour Lake. "Attached".

Lieutenant Commander Jack Crusher served aboard the U.S.S. Stargazer under the command of Captain Picard and was killed on an away mission in 2354, when his son was only five years old. "Encounter at Farpoint, Parts I and II".

Shortly after Wesley's birth, Jack recorded a holographic message to his infant son, intended for playback when Wesley reached adulthood. Jack hoped this would be the first in a series of such messages, but it was the only one he made. Wesley played the message some 18 years later, in 2367. "Violations" "Journey's End"