VIP Biography for
Christine Myers Crist
 | Christine Myers Crist |
| Industry | Education, citizenship, advocacy |
| Title | Principal |
| Current Organization | Crist and Crist |
| Type of Organization | Consulting, education, editing |
| Area of Distribution | Pennsylvania |
| University/Degree | B.A., English and History, Dickinson College, Carlisle, Pennsylvania, 1946; Additional studies, Temple University, University of California at San Diego |
| Born | February 5, 1924, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania |
| Honors & Awards | Cumberland County winner, Woman Pioneering the Future, Pennsylvania Commission for Women, 2003 and Cumberland County Commission; Listing in 498 Hardworking Women, A Directory for Pennsylvania, 1987; Freedom of Information Award, Women in Communication, Inc., 1984; Notable Communicator Award, Women in Communication, Inc., 1986 |
| Published Works | Song as a Measure of Man, Pennsylvania Dept. of Education, 1975, winner of Best State Education Publication, National Association of State Education Departments |
| Affiliations | Past President, Camp Hill Junior Civic Club, Camp Hill Civic Club, Cumberland County Federation of Women's Clubs, Women of Trinity Lutheran Church, Camp Hill; 2004-06 President, College Club of Harrisburg; Elected Camp Hill School Board, Cumberland County School Board, Capital Area Intermediate Unit (Education) Board, Common Cause Pennsylvania, Dickinson College Alumni Council, Tri-County Economic Opportunity Commission, Camp Hill Community Foundation, Capital Region Envision Task Force, Monday Club, Society for Political Inquiries |
| Work History | Pennsylvania State Coordinator, We the People, the Citizen and the Constitution, 1990-99; Executive Director, Commission for Women, Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, Chicago, 1987-90; Executive Director, Pennsylvania Commission for Women, Office of the Governor, Harrisburg, 1983-87; Director of Press, Communication, Publication, Pennsylvania Commission for Women, 1980-83; Director, Leadership in the Arts in Education, Pennsylvania Dept. of Education and The Rockefeller Foundation, Harrisburg, 1974-79; Editor, The West Shore Times, Lemoyne, 1963-65; Editorial Staff, The Patriot (daily), Harrisburg, 1945-49 |
| Children | Catherine Ingham Crist (Marcson), the Rev. Jessica Rogers Crist (Graybill), Robert Jeffrey Myers Crist (deceased 1994) |
| Spouse | Dr. Robert Grant Crist, Maiden name: Christine Alice Myers |
| Married | June 25, 1949 |
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