IN LOVING MEMORY OF
Gilbert
Crisp
February 4, 1936 – October 18, 2010
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There was no time to wonder on the things he'd never know,
Nor take to task nor ponder all the things he knew were so.
Gilbert Crisp -1961
Gilbert Lee Crisp, born in Akron, Ohio on February 4th, 1936, died of cancer at his home on October 18, 2010.
Showing an early interest in foreign languages, Mr. Crisp always credited his high school French and Spanish teacher Ms Flora Bump with what would become his lifelong passion -teaching. After high school, he enrolled at Western Reserve University (now Case Western Reserve University) where he studied French and German. Interrupting his college studies to join the Air Force, he was sent to the Army Language School at Monterey, California where he learned Russian before being sent to an overseas assignment in Turkey. After completing his military service, he returned to Case where he earned his BA and master's degrees in Russian.
In 1964, Mr. Crisp was invited to Hiram College to teach French for an instructor on sabbatical. The following year, he joined the Cleveland Municipal School district where he taught Russian, French and German until retiring in 2002 when he was diagnosed with lung cancer.
For two years, 1977 and 1978, Mr. Crisp taught Russian in the evenings at John Carroll University.
Having briefly chaired the Foreign Language departments at Wilbur Wright Middle School and the Cleveland School of the Arts, Mr. Crisp spent the last twenty years of his teaching career as Department Chair at John Marshall High School.
In 2001 and again in 2002, Mr. Crisp served on the Test Development Committee for the National French Contest.
In 2001, John Marshall High School was awarded the Outstanding Program Award by the Ohio Foreign Language Association for having the widest range of foreign language offerings in the district including Latin as well as honors classes in all languages.
In 2002, at the 22nd Annual Multilingual Multicultural Education Conference, Mr. Crisp was named Outstanding Foreign Language teacher of the year.
Mr. Crisp leaves behind a son, a daughter-in-law, a grandson, granddaughter, a brother, and many cousins, nieces and nephews.
Nor take to task nor ponder all the things he knew were so.
Gilbert Crisp -1961
Gilbert Lee Crisp, born in Akron, Ohio on February 4th, 1936, died of cancer at his home on October 18, 2010.
Showing an early interest in foreign languages, Mr. Crisp always credited his high school French and Spanish teacher Ms Flora Bump with what would become his lifelong passion -teaching. After high school, he enrolled at Western Reserve University (now Case Western Reserve University) where he studied French and German. Interrupting his college studies to join the Air Force, he was sent to the Army Language School at Monterey, California where he learned Russian before being sent to an overseas assignment in Turkey. After completing his military service, he returned to Case where he earned his BA and master's degrees in Russian.
In 1964, Mr. Crisp was invited to Hiram College to teach French for an instructor on sabbatical. The following year, he joined the Cleveland Municipal School district where he taught Russian, French and German until retiring in 2002 when he was diagnosed with lung cancer.
For two years, 1977 and 1978, Mr. Crisp taught Russian in the evenings at John Carroll University.
Having briefly chaired the Foreign Language departments at Wilbur Wright Middle School and the Cleveland School of the Arts, Mr. Crisp spent the last twenty years of his teaching career as Department Chair at John Marshall High School.
In 2001 and again in 2002, Mr. Crisp served on the Test Development Committee for the National French Contest.
In 2001, John Marshall High School was awarded the Outstanding Program Award by the Ohio Foreign Language Association for having the widest range of foreign language offerings in the district including Latin as well as honors classes in all languages.
In 2002, at the 22nd Annual Multilingual Multicultural Education Conference, Mr. Crisp was named Outstanding Foreign Language teacher of the year.
Mr. Crisp leaves behind a son, a daughter-in-law, a grandson, granddaughter, a brother, and many cousins, nieces and nephews.
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