Don Smith Named L.F. Parker Professor
of History
From the Office of Public Relations
The Grinnell College Board of Trustees
have approved the appointments of three faculty members to named
faculty chairs within their departments, including naming Professor
Don Smith the L.F. Parker Professor of History.
This chair was created in honor of the
Rev. L.F. Parker, a faculty member, in 1888 by action of the
board of trustees. It is endowed by numerous gifts. It was most
recently held by Alan Jones, professor emeritus of history.
Don Smith became a professor of history
at Grinnell College in 1975 after first coming to Grinnell as
an associate professor of history in 1970. He was also named
as a Concurrent Professor of History, Nanjing University, Nanjing,
China, in 1994.
Smith served as department chair at different
times throughout the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s. He also served as
chair of the faculty from 1986 to 1988.
Smith has published numerous articles and
reviews in such publications as "Sussex Archeological Collections,"
"The American Oxonian," "English Historical Review,"
"The Journal of Modern History," "The History
Teacher," and the "Journal of Interdisciplinary History."
He received his Ph.D. from Yale University
in 1965.
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On
History:
The Quote of the Month
"I venture to say that if we go through
history reading the word ‘know’ as ‘having carnal
intercourse with,’ we are going to get some curious results."
-Lord Brabazon of Tara,
4-December-1957, British House of Lords
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