John Bascom Crenshaw (1861–1942) was the head of the Department of Modern Languages at the

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for 38 years, and also served as the school's first

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, in which capacity he started Georgia Tech's

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team.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Crenshaw, John Bascom 1861 births 1942 deaths Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets athletic directors Georgia Tech faculty