Richard Lee Crist ’36
Dick died Mar. 30, 2003; he was 89. He prepared at Mercersburg Academy. At Princeton he majored in biology and was a member of Court Club.
After Princeton he went to DC to work with the FBI. He also attended George Washington U. Law School, graduating in 1940, and was admitted to the DC bar. In 1943 he moved to Cleveland and worked there in the magnesium industry until retiring in 1981.
Dick is survived by his wife of 66 years, Jeanne Bilque Crist; daughters Mary Anne Elbon, Caron Colister, and Holly Herrick; a sister, Mildred Hunter; eight grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren.
The Class of 1936
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