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| resting_place = Line Grove Cemetary, [[Greeley, Colorado]]
| resting_place = Line Grove Cemetary, [[Greeley, Colorado]]
| education = [[Ohio Wesleyan University]] ([[AB]]) ([[MA]])<br> [[Ohio University]] (Pd.M)
| education = [[Ohio Wesleyan University]] ([[AB]]) ([[MA]])<br> [[Ohio University]] (Pd.M)
| office2 = Kentucky Superintendent of Public Instruction
| office2 = 17th Kentucky Superintendent of Public Instruction
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| preceded2 = James H. Fuqua
| succeeded2 =
| succeeded2 = Ellsworth Regenstein
| term_start = 1916
| term_start = 1916
| term_end = January 13, 1924
| term_end = January 13, 1924

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John G. Crabbe
3rd President of University of Northern Colorado
In office
1916 – January 13, 1924
Preceded byZachariah Xenophon Snyder
Succeeded byGeorge Willard Frasier
3rd President of Eastern Kentucky University
In office
March 1910 – August 1916
Preceded byMary Creegan Roark
Succeeded byThomas J. Coates
17th Kentucky Superintendent of Public Instruction
In office
1907–1910
Preceded byJames H. Fuqua
Succeeded byEllsworth Regenstein
Personal details
Born(1865-11-29)November 29, 1865
Mount Sterling, Ohio
Died(1924-01-13)January 13, 1924
Greeley, Colorado
Resting placeLine Grove Cemetary, Greeley, Colorado
Political partyRepublican
EducationOhio Wesleyan University (AB) (MA)
Ohio University (Pd.M)

John Grant Crabbe (November 29, 1865 – January 13, 1924) was an American educator and politician. He was elected as the Kentucky Superintendent of Public Education before being chosen as the third president of Eastern Kentucky State Normal School (now Eastern Kentucky University). He served in this role for eight years before being chosen as the fourth president of the State Normal School of Colorado (now University of Northern Colorado).[1]

Education

Crabbe was educated locally in Madison County before attending Ohio Wesleyan University where he would earn an Artium Baccalaureus in 1889, graduating Phi Beta Kappa. He would also earn a Master of Arts in 1892.[2] In 1897, Crabbe continued his education and earned a Master of Pedagogy from Ohio University.[2][3]

Throughout his life, Crabbe was awarded four honorary degrees. He received two Doctor of Laws, the first being from Berea College in 1909 and the other from Kentucky University (now University of Kentucky) in 1911. He also received two Doctor of Pedagogy degrees, the first being in 1909 from Miami University and the other from Ohio Wesleyan in 1918.[4]

Career

Superintendent of Ashland City Schools

Following a brief tenure in Flint, Michigan, as head of the Greek and Latin department of Flint Normal College,[5][6] Crabbe would move to Ashland, Kentucky, and soon after be elected superintendent of Ashland City Schools.

Superintendent of Public Instruction

Presidency of Eastern Kentucky State Normal School

Presidency of the State Normal School of Colorado

Personal Life

He married Jennie Florence Graff, a fellow graduate of Ohio Wesleyan and resident of Delaware, Ohio, on January 29, 1889. They had no children.

Death and legacy

  • John Grant Crabbe Library - Eastern Kentucky University
  • John Grant Crabbe School - Ashland, Kentucky (Demolished 1958)
  • Crabbe Elementary School - Ashland, Kentucky
  • Crabbe Hall - University of Northern Colorado

References

  1. ^ Ellis, Bill (2005). A History of Eastern Kentucky University: The School of Opportunity. University of Kentucky Press. pp. 21–28.
  2. ^ a b Stone, Wilbur Fisk, ed. (1918). History of Colorado. Vol. II. The S. J. Clarke Publishing Co. pp. 340–342.
  3. ^ "The Death of President Crabbe" (PDF). Alumni Courier. Vol. IV. pp. 6–9. Retrieved June 17, 2024.
  4. ^ "President Crabbe". The American School. II (1): 175. January 1916 – via Google Books.
  5. ^ "Eastern Kentucky State Normal School". The Richmond Climax. September 14, 1910. p. 10. Retrieved June 24, 2024.
  6. ^ Johnson, E. Polk (1912). A History of Kentucky and Kentuckians. Vol. II. Lewis Publishing Company. p. 643.