Crowner, David 1938-

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CROWNER, David 1938-

PERSONAL:

Born September 17, 1938, in Brainerd, MN; son of Louis Carl (a Lutheran pastor) and Linnea Marie (a homemaker and church volunteer) Crowner; married August 17, 1963; wife's name Pat (a special education teacher); children: Michael, Karen, Matthew. Education: Pacific Lutheran University, B.A., 1961; Rutgers University, M.A., Ph.D., 1966. Politics: Democrat. Religion: Lutheran. Hobbies and other interests: Sailing, soccer, working on a sister-city project.

ADDRESSES:

Home—160 Gordon Ave., Gettysburg, PA 17325. E-mail—pcrowner@netrax.net.

CAREER:

Hartwick College, Oneonta, NY, instructor in German language and literature, 1964-66; Gettysburg College, Gettysburg, PA, began as assistant professor, became professor of German language and literature, 1967-2001, professor emeritus, 2001—, also served as faculty director of service-learning.

MEMBER:

American Council of Teachers of Foreign Languages, American Association of Teachers of German, Torch International.

WRITINGS:

German for Mastery, D. Van Nostrand (New York, NY), 1980.

(With K. Lill) Impulse: Kommunikatives Deutsch für die Mittelstufe, Houghton Mifflin (Boston, MA), 1995, 2nd edition, 1999.

Spirituality of the German Awakening, Paulist Press (Mahwah, NJ), 2002.

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