Stanley Eugene Smith

1926 - 2011  (84 years)

• Name	Stanley Eugene Smith
  Nickname	Stan
  Birth	10 Sep 1926	Huntington, Suffolk, New York
  Gender	Male
  Death	11 Jun 2011	Tempe, Maricopa, Arizona
  Person ID	I45125	Scudder
  Last Modified	27 Feb 2012

  
  

  Father	Ray Thaddeus Smith,   b. 3 Sep 1892, Islip, Suffolk, New York d. 14 Sep 1979 (Age 87 years)
  Mother	Viola Elizabeth Killfoyle,   b. 21 Oct 1894, New York City, New York, New York d. 18 Nov 1968, Bay Shore, Suffolk, New York (Age 74 years)
  Marriage	10 Oct 1920	Huntington, Suffolk, New York
  Family ID	F15966	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Jacqueline Ruth Miller,   b. 26 Dec 1926, Sayville, Suffolk, New York d. 27 Aug 2002, Tempe, Maricopa, Arizona (Age 75 years)
  Marriage	21 Jun 1949	Islip, Suffolk, New York
  Children	1. C.S. Smith   2. S.D. Smith   3. C.R. Smith   4. G.G. Smith
  Family ID	F16031	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2024

  
  

  Family 2	D.A. Van Ess
  Family ID	F16221	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2024

  
  

• Notes

  Stan, a professor Emeritus from Arizona State University, taught International Communications and Journalism for twenty-five years at Arizona State. Prior to moving to Tempe in the mid 1970's, he held a professorship at Michigan State University and was University Editor at Duke University and Director of Public Information at Colgate University. Stan was a highly respected correspondent and freelance writer in the United States and Europe, as well as being a State Department consultant in Eastern Europe, the Middle East and Africa. He spent a total of 20 years living abroad. In the mid 1960's the Prime Minister of Lebanon bestowed a great honor on Stan by presenting him with the Order of the Cedars of Lebanon, a medal which was given only to Kings and Prime Ministers. Stan was honored for his dedicated work in International Communications for a seminar he ran in in Beirut, Lebanon.