John Patrick Smith Memorial Book Fund

Memorial book fund established to honor extension sociologist

NDSU Libraries has established a memorial book fund in the name of John Patrick Smith, NDSU Extension Service sociologist from 1978 to 1987. Smith died June 14, 1998.

Gary Goreham, NDSU professor of sociology, and Curtis Stofferahn, associate professor of rural sociology at the University of North Dakota, initiated the book fund. They will make recommendations to the NDSU Libraries for the purchase of books pertaining to rural sociology. Books purchased through the fund will include a memorial plate honoring Smith.

Smith was educated at Xavier University, the University of Wisconsin, Madison, and the University of Missouri, Columbia. He first taught at Moeller High School and St. Xavier High School, both in Cincinnati. He went on to teach at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, the University of Missouri, Rolla, NDSU and Clemson University. In 1978 he was a Fulbright Fellow in Cameroon.