G. Herbert Smith

G. Herbert Smith
16th President of
Willamette University
In office
1942–1969
Preceded by Carl Sumner Knopf
Succeeded by Roger J. Fritz
Personal details
Profession dean
professor

George Herbert Smith was an American educator. He was the 16th and longest serving president of Willamette University in Salem, Oregon, from 1942-1969.[1] Smith graduated from DePauw University in 1927 where he was a member of Beta Theta Pi Fraternity. Smith served as General Secretary of Beta Theta Pi from 1935–1946 and President of that organization from 1946-1951.[2] Smith is also the original author of The Son of the Stars, the Beta Theta Pi pledge manual.

During Smith's tenure as president of Willamette University, he was instrumental in bringing international fraternities and sororities to that campus where only local organizations had previously existed.[3] In 1947, he assisted in the installation of Beta Theta Pi, Phi Delta Theta, and Sigma Chi at Willamette University, the first time the Miami Triad had ever been installed on the same campus at the same time. This was also during Smith's second year as president of the General Fraternity of Beta Theta Pi.

The G. Herbert Smith Auditorium and Fine Arts Center on Willamette's campus is named after Smith.

References

  1. ↑ http://www.willamette.edu/about/president/past/index.html
  2. ↑ http://www.betathetapi.org/about-beta/history/beta-greats
  3. ↑ http://www.willamette.edu/dept/osa/greek/fraternities/index.html
Academic offices
Preceded by
Carl Sumner Knopf		 President of Willamette University
1942–1969 		Succeeded by
Roger J. Fritz
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