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{{Infobox person
{{Infobox person
| name=Crispin Eliseo "Doc" Sanchez<br>
| name=Crispin Eliseo "Doc" Sanchez<br>
(Pioneer of Hispanic education in south Texas)
(Pioneer of Hispanic education in Laredo, Texas)
| birth_date=December 15, 1925
| birth_date=December 15, 1925
| birth_place=Gonzales, [[Texas]], [[United States|USA]]
| birth_place=Gonzales, [[Texas]], [[United States|USA]]
On returning from the war, Sanchez entered Texas State University in San Marcos, south of the capital city of [[Austin]], then known as Southwest Texas State Normal School. In college, Sanchez met his future wife, Dora A. Garcia (1929-2003 ). He received his Bachelor of Arts degree, and the couple moved to her hometown of [[Laredo]] in Webb County in south Texas, where Sanchez began his long career in education.<ref name=wire/>
On returning from the war, Sanchez entered Texas State University in San Marcos, south of the capital city of [[Austin]], then known as Southwest Texas State Normal School. In college, Sanchez met his future wife, Dora A. Garcia (1929-2003 ). He received his Bachelor of Arts degree, and the couple moved to her hometown of [[Laredo]] in Webb County in south Texas, where Sanchez began his long career in education.<ref name=wire/>
==Educational career==
==Educational career==
Sanchez taught sixth grade at Ryan Elementary School for the Laredo Independent School District. One of his pupils was Tony Sanchez (no relation), the Laredo business tycoon who in 2002 became the first Mexican American in state history to win the [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] gubernatorial , but he was defeated by the [[Republican Party|Republican]] [[Rick Perry]]. Sanchez recalled Tony Sanchez as "the only redheaded [boy] in my class... freckle-faced, and reminded me a lot of Tom Sawyer."<ref name=wire/>
Sanchez taught sixth grade at Ryan Elementary School for the Laredo Independent School District. One of his pupils was Tony Sanchez (no relation), the Laredo business tycoon who in 2002 became the first Mexican American in state history to win the [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] gubernatorial , but he was defeated by the [[Republican Party|Republican]] [[Rick Perry]]. Sanchez recalled Tony Sanchez as "the only redheaded [boy] in my class... freckle-faced, and reminded me a lot of Tom Sawyer."<ref name=wire/>