Gertrude H. Crist

Background

Crist, Gertrude H. was born in Barnard, South Dakota, United States. Daughter of Jacob H. and Lillian Belle (Freeman) Hartman.

Education

Student South Dakot State College, 1936-1938.

Career

Owner, partner Farm and Home Service. Director Columbia Bank & Trust Company, 1974-1982. Chairman, Westmoreland County chapter American Red Cross, 1946, secretary, 1943-1945, chairman volunteer special services, 1944-1945.

District chairman Cancer drive Howard County.

Member Howard County Board Education, 1953-1970, president, 1963-1965. Board directors Howard County Tuberculosis Association.

Advisory council Catonsville Community College, 1962-1970. Chairman Emergency Civil Defense Hospital Howard County, 1961-1962.

Secretary Community Action Council Howard County, 1965, director, 1966.

Board dirs.Girl Scout Council Central Maryland., 1967-1968. Member Maryland. Council Higher Education, 1968-1976, State Board for Community Colleges, 1968-1977. Trustee Howard Community College, 1966-1971, vice president, 1969-1970.

Board directors Howard County Chapter.ARC, 1973-1977, vice president, 1976-1977.

Member Maryland. Board for Higher Education, 1977-1986, Howard County Commision on Arts, 1975-1977. Vice president Farm and Home Service, Incorporated., 1968-1978.

Achievements

• Gertrude H. Crist has been listed as a noteworthy civic worker by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member Maryland. Congress Parents and Teachers (life), Maryland. Association Bds. Education (president 1966, 67), National School Bds. Association (director) 1968-1971), West. Friendship Parent-Teachers Association (secretary 1949-1951), League Women Voters (county secretary 1957-1959, director 1960-1962, president 1959), National Congress Parents and Teachers (honorary life.

Club:Cattail River Garden.

Connections

Married Howard Grafton Crist, Junior, November 2, 1940. Children: Howard Grafton III, Douglas Freeman.

Father:

Jacob H. Hartman

Mother:

Lillian Belle (Freeman) Hartman

Spouse:

Howard Grafton Crist

child:

Douglas Freeman Crist

child:

Howard Grafton III Crist