Draft:John G. Crabbe

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).

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. In 1897, Crabbe continued his education and earned a Master of Pedagogy from Ohio University.

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.

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


 * Served for 18 years

Superintendent of Public Instruction

 * Nominated during the 1907 Republican Party of Kentucky Convention by county vote against J. C. Stapp following failed oral and standing votes
 * 2nd republican elected, one of five republicans to serve in the position total
 * Campaigned as non-political
 * Oversaw transition from trustee system to county district system
 * ^Oversaw vast educational reforms "Sullivan Law - HB 141"
 * Began whirlwind campaigns w/ public speakers in order to draw interest in public education

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