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D. M. Smith was born in 1884 in [[Nashville, Tennessee|Nashville]], [[Tennessee]]. He attended [[Vanderbilt University]], earning a [[Bachelor of Arts]] degree in 1905 and a [[master's degree]] in 1906. Upon leaving Vanderbilt, Smith began teaching [[mathematics]] at [[Centenary College of Louisiana]]. He later moved to [[Texas]] after accepting a teaching position at [[Fort Worth University]] (now part of Oklahoma City University<ref>{{cite web|url=http://digital.library.okstate.edu/encyclopedia/entries/O/OK032.html |work=Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History & Culture |title=Oklahoma City University |publisher=Oklahoma Historical Society |accessdate=2008-03-04}}</ref>). Smith then returned to [[graduate school]] at the [[University of Chicago]], where he received his [[Doctor of Philosophy|Ph.D.]] under the advisement of [[Gilbert Ames Bliss]].<ref>{{cite web | work=[[Mathematics Genealogy Project]] | publisher=[[North Dakota State University]] | accessdate=2007-10-15 | url=http://genealogy.math.ndsu.nodak.edu/id.php?id=6051 | title=David Melville Smith }}</ref> As with the most notable research of his advisor, Smith focused on the [[calculus of variations]] in his [[dissertation]], ''Jacobi's Condition for the Problem of Lagrange in the Calculus of Variations''.<ref>{{ cite journal | year=1916 | title=Jacobi's Condition for the Problem of Lagrange in the Calculus of Variations | last=Smith | first=David M. | journal=[[Transactions of the American Mathematical Society]] | volume=17 | issue=4 | pages=459–475 | doi=10.2307/1988832 | publisher=[[American Mathematical Society]] | jstor=1988832}}</ref> After graduating from the University of Chicago,<ref>Records are inconsistent about Smith's year of graduation from the University of Chicago; some suggest 1913 as the year, while others suggest 1916.</ref> Smith was hired by the Georgia Institute of Technology as an assistant professor.<ref name="dhwg">{{cite book|first=Robert|last=Wallace|title=Dress Her in WHITE and GOLD: A biography of Georgia Tech|publisher=[[Georgia Tech Foundation]]|year=1969}}</ref><!-- page 416 -->
D. M. Smith was born in 1884 in [[Nashville, Tennessee|Nashville]], [[Tennessee]]. He attended [[Vanderbilt University]], earning a [[Bachelor of Arts]] degree in 1905 and a [[master's degree]] in 1906. Upon leaving Vanderbilt, Smith began teaching [[mathematics]] at [[Centenary College of Louisiana]]. He later moved to [[Texas]] after accepting a teaching position at [[Fort Worth University]] (now part of Oklahoma City University<ref>{{cite web|url=http://digital.library.okstate.edu/encyclopedia/entries/O/OK032.html |work=Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History & Culture |title=Oklahoma City University |publisher=Oklahoma Historical Society |accessdate=2008-03-04}}</ref>). Smith then returned to [[graduate school]] at the [[University of Chicago]], where he received his [[Doctor of Philosophy|Ph.D.]] under the advisement of [[Gilbert Ames Bliss]].<ref>{{cite web | work=[[Mathematics Genealogy Project]] | publisher=[[North Dakota State University]] | accessdate=2007-10-15 | url=http://genealogy.math.ndsu.nodak.edu/id.php?id=6051 | title=David Melville Smith }}</ref> As with the most notable research of his advisor, Smith focused on the [[calculus of variations]] in his [[dissertation]], ''Jacobi's Condition for the Problem of Lagrange in the Calculus of Variations''.<ref>{{ cite journal | year=1916 | title=Jacobi's Condition for the Problem of Lagrange in the Calculus of Variations | last=Smith | first=David M. | journal=[[Transactions of the American Mathematical Society]] | volume=17 | issue=4 | pages=459–475 | doi=10.2307/1988832 | publisher=[[American Mathematical Society]] | jstor=1988832}}</ref> After graduating from the University of Chicago,<ref>Records are inconsistent about Smith's year of graduation from the University of Chicago; some suggest 1913 as the year, while others suggest 1916.</ref> Smith was hired by the Georgia Institute of Technology as an assistant professor.<ref name="dhwg">{{cite book|first=Robert|last=Wallace|title=Dress Her in WHITE and GOLD: A biography of Georgia Tech|publisher=[[Georgia Tech Foundation]]|year=1969}}</ref><!-- page 416 -->


Smith spent over forty years as a professor of mathematics at Georgia Tech. One of Smith's duties was teaching an introductory [[calculus]] course for which he received much acclaim from students.<ref>{{ cite news | url=http://gtalumni.org/Publications/magazine/fall98/feedback.html | accessdate=2007-10-14 | work=Georgia Tech Alumni Magazine Online | year=1998 | publisher=Georgia Tech Alumni Association | title=Feedback: V-12 Program Was Vital | last=Ritch | first=E.R. | quote=One of my favorite professors was Doc [D.M.] Smith, a math professor. [...] He could make calculus seem so simple in class you'd think a first grader could learn it. }}{{dead link|date=June 2016}}</ref><ref name="SmithGem">{{ cite news | url=http://www.gtalumni.org/Publications/magazine/spr99/letters.html | work=Georgia Tech Alumni Magazine Online | publisher=Georgia Tech Alumni Association | accessdate=2007-10-14 | year=1999 | title=Letters: Smith Was Gem of a Teacher | last=Lutter | first=Fred C. }}{{dead link|date=June 2016}}</ref> Smith was promoted in 1922 from assistant professor to associate professor.<ref>{{ cite journal | journal=[[American Mathematical Monthly]] | publisher=[[American Mathematical Society]] | title=Notes and News | volume=29 | issue=2 | year=1922 | pages=93–96 | quote=Mr. D. M. Smith and Mr. A. B. Morton have been promoted from assistant professorships to associate professorships and Mr. G. T. Trawich has been appointed instructor. }}</ref> In 1936, Smith accepted a full professorship and the position of head of the Georgia Tech Mathematics department.<ref>{{ cite journal | journal=[[Bulletin of the American Mathematical Society]] | publisher=[[American Mathematical Society]] | title=Notes | volume=42 | issue=7 | year=1936 | pages=478–482 | doi= 10.1090/S0002-9904-1936-06334-2 | url=http://www.ams.org/bull/1936-42-07/S0002-9904-1936-06334-2/S0002-9904-1936-06334-2.pdf | accessdate=2007-10-14 | quote=Associate Professor D. M. Smith, of the Georgia School of Technology, has been promoted to a professorship and has been appointed head of the department of mathematics. | format= – <sup>[http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?hl=en&lr=&q=author%3A+intitle%3ANotes&as_publication=%5B%5BBulletin+of+the+American+Mathematical+Society%5D%5D&as_ylo=1936&as_yhi=1936&btnG=Search Scholar search]</sup> | archiveurl = http://web.archive.org/web/20071129085157/http://www.ams.org/bull/1936-42-07/S0002-9904-1936-06334-2/S0002-9904-1936-06334-2.pdf| archivedate = November 29, 2007}} {{Dead link|date=June 2008}}</ref> Smith stepped down from his department head position due to his age in 1950,<ref name="dhwg"/><!-- page 150 --> retiring in 1954.<ref name="AMM-SmithRetires">{{ cite journal | title=News and Notices | journal=[[American Mathematical Monthly]] | publisher=[[Mathematical Association of America]] | volume=61 | issue=8 | year=1954 | pages=579–585 | quote=Professor D. M. Smith has retired. | jstor=2307624}}</ref> The Georgia Tech Alumni Association presented Smith with an Honorary Alumnus Award in 1959.<ref>{{cite web | publisher=Georgia Tech Alumni Association | title=Honorary Georgia Tech Alumni | url=http://gtalumni.org/site/Page/PastHonorary | accessdate=2007-12-20 }}</ref> Smith [[death by natural causes|died of natural causes]] in 1962 at age 78.<ref name="AMM-SmithDies">{{ cite journal | title=News and Notices | journal=[[American Mathematical Monthly]] | publisher=[[Mathematical Association of America]] | volume=70 | issue=7 | year=1963 | pages=784–786 | quote=Professor D. M. Smith, Georgia Institute of Technology, died on November 26, 1962. He was a charter member of the Association. | jstor=2312298}}</ref> He was a [[charter member]] of the [[Mathematical Association of America]].<ref name="AMM-SmithDies"/>
Smith spent over forty years as a professor of mathematics at Georgia Tech. One of Smith's duties was teaching an introductory [[calculus]] course for which he received much acclaim from students.<ref>{{ cite news | url={{cite web|url=http://gtalumni.org/Publications/magazine/fall98/feedback.html |title=Archived copy |accessdate=October 14, 2007 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20071016051513/http://gtalumni.org:80/Publications/magazine/fall98/feedback.html |archivedate=October 16, 2007 }}| accessdate=2007-10-14 | work=Georgia Tech Alumni Magazine Online | year=1998 | publisher=Georgia Tech Alumni Association | title=Feedback: V-12 Program Was Vital | last=Ritch | first=E.R. | quote=One of my favorite professors was Doc [D.M.] Smith, a math professor. [...] He could make calculus seem so simple in class you'd think a first grader could learn it. }}</ref><ref name="SmithGem">{{ cite news | url={{cite web|url=http://www.gtalumni.org/Publications/magazine/spr99/letters.html |title=Archived copy |accessdate=October 14, 2007 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20071016051517/http://www.gtalumni.org:80/Publications/magazine/spr99/letters.html |archivedate=October 16, 2007 }}| work=Georgia Tech Alumni Magazine Online | publisher=Georgia Tech Alumni Association | accessdate=2007-10-14 | year=1999 | title=Letters: Smith Was Gem of a Teacher | last=Lutter | first=Fred C. }}</ref> Smith was promoted in 1922 from assistant professor to associate professor.<ref>{{ cite journal | journal=[[American Mathematical Monthly]] | publisher=[[American Mathematical Society]] | title=Notes and News | volume=29 | issue=2 | year=1922 | pages=93–96 | quote=Mr. D. M. Smith and Mr. A. B. Morton have been promoted from assistant professorships to associate professorships and Mr. G. T. Trawich has been appointed instructor. }}</ref> In 1936, Smith accepted a full professorship and the position of head of the Georgia Tech Mathematics department.<ref>{{ cite journal | journal=[[Bulletin of the American Mathematical Society]] | publisher=[[American Mathematical Society]] | title=Notes | volume=42 | issue=7 | year=1936 | pages=478–482 | doi= 10.1090/S0002-9904-1936-06334-2 | url={{cite web|url=http://www.ams.org/bull/1936-42-07/S0002-9904-1936-06334-2/S0002-9904-1936-06334-2.pdf |title=Archived copy |accessdate=October 14, 2007 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20071129085157/http://www.ams.org/bull/1936-42-07/S0002-9904-1936-06334-2/S0002-9904-1936-06334-2.pdf |archivedate=November 29, 2007 }} | accessdate=2007-10-14 | quote=Associate Professor D. M. Smith, of the Georgia School of Technology, has been promoted to a professorship and has been appointed head of the department of mathematics. | format= – <sup>[http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?hl=en&lr=&q=author%3A+intitle%3ANotes&as_publication=%5B%5BBulletin+of+the+American+Mathematical+Society%5D%5D&as_ylo=1936&as_yhi=1936&btnG=Search Scholar search]{{dead link|date=July 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</sup> | archiveurl = http://web.archive.org/web/20071129085157/{{cite web|url=http://www.ams.org/bull/1936-42-07/S0002-9904-1936-06334-2/S0002-9904-1936-06334-2.pdf |title=Archived copy |accessdate=October 14, 2007 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20071129085157/http://www.ams.org/bull/1936-42-07/S0002-9904-1936-06334-2/S0002-9904-1936-06334-2.pdf |archivedate=November 29, 2007 }}| archivedate = November 29, 2007}} {{Dead link|date=June 2008}}</ref> Smith stepped down from his department head position due to his age in 1950,<ref name="dhwg"/><!-- page 150 --> retiring in 1954.<ref name="AMM-SmithRetires">{{ cite journal | title=News and Notices | journal=[[American Mathematical Monthly]] | publisher=[[Mathematical Association of America]] | volume=61 | issue=8 | year=1954 | pages=579–585 | quote=Professor D. M. Smith has retired. | jstor=2307624}}</ref> The Georgia Tech Alumni Association presented Smith with an Honorary Alumnus Award in 1959.<ref>{{cite web | publisher=Georgia Tech Alumni Association | title=Honorary Georgia Tech Alumni | url=http://gtalumni.org/site/Page/PastHonorary | accessdate=2007-12-20 }}</ref> Smith [[death by natural causes|died of natural causes]] in 1962 at age 78.<ref name="AMM-SmithDies">{{ cite journal | title=News and Notices | journal=[[American Mathematical Monthly]] | publisher=[[Mathematical Association of America]] | volume=70 | issue=7 | year=1963 | pages=784–786 | quote=Professor D. M. Smith, Georgia Institute of Technology, died on November 26, 1962. He was a charter member of the Association. | jstor=2312298}}</ref> He was a [[charter member]] of the [[Mathematical Association of America]].<ref name="AMM-SmithDies"/>


===Personality===
===Personality===
"Doc" Smith, as he was called, made a powerful impression on his students. A Georgia Tech professor and former student of Smith's remembered him as "a friendly, inspiring [[wikt:curmudgeon|curmudgeon]] who could scare the hell out of you, teach you, advise you, and follow your future after graduation. [...] Dr. Smith was unfailingly interested and supportive."<ref>{{ cite news | work=SciTech Vol. 3 | page=3 | publisher=[[Georgia Institute of Technology College of Sciences]] | url=http://www.cos.gatech.edu/scitech_v3.pdf | year=2004 | last=Llewellyn | first=Donna C. | accessdate=2007-10-14 | title=Faculty Profile: Tech Alumni Remember their Great Teachers at Georgia Tech }}{{dead link|date=June 2016}}</ref> Other [[List of Georgia Tech alumni|Georgia Tech alumni]] who were instructed by Smith called him "a gifted teacher",<ref>{{ cite news | url=http://gtalumni.org/StayInformed/techtopics/spr91/teacher.html | work=Tech Topics | publisher=Georgia Tech Alumni Association | year=1991 | title=Tribute To a Great Teacher | last=Lampert | first=Sy | accessdate=2007-10-14 |archiveurl = http://web.archive.org/web/20071016051547/http://gtalumni.org/StayInformed/techtopics/spr91/teacher.html |archivedate = October 16, 2007|deadurl=yes}}</ref> unforgettable, likable, and "a good-hearted guy."<ref>{{ cite news | url=http://gtalumni.org/news/ttopics/win99/burdell.html | accessdate=2007-10-14 | year=1999 | work=Tech Topics | publisher=Georgia Tech Alumni Association | title=Burdell & Friends: New Centenarian | last=Dunn | first=John | quote='I'll never forget D. M. Smith,' Hudgins said. 'He was my professor of mathematics when I flunked. He was a good-hearted guy; I liked him.' |archiveurl = http://web.archive.org/web/20071014012111/http://gtalumni.org/news/ttopics/win99/burdell.html |archivedate = October 14, 2007|deadurl=yes}}</ref> His memorable teaching style and devotion to his students earned him the title of "[[legend]]" among alumni.<ref>{{ cite news | url=http://gtalumni.org/Publications/magazine/sum99/letters.html | work=Georgia Tech Alumni Magazine Online | publisher=Georgia Tech Alumni Association | title=Letters: Millennium Dilemma | last=Byrd | first=Charles | accessdate=2007-10-14 | year=1999 | quote=I am reminded of D.M. 'Doc' Smith, who was a great professor and a Georgia Tech legend in the Mathematics Department. }}{{dead link|date=June 2016}}</ref><ref>{{ cite news | work=Tech Topics | url=http://gtalumni.org/Publications/techtopics/sum99/oralhis.html | accessdate=2007-10-14 | year=1999 | title=Oral History Spotlight: It Wasn't All Work | last=Lemeiras | first=Maria | publisher=Georgia Tech Alumni Association | quote=He [Georgia Tech alumnus Oliver Simmons] studied under such legends as math Professor D. M. Smith and Dean William Skiles. }}{{dead link|date=June 2016}}</ref>
"Doc" Smith, as he was called, made a powerful impression on his students. A Georgia Tech professor and former student of Smith's remembered him as "a friendly, inspiring [[wikt:curmudgeon|curmudgeon]] who could scare the hell out of you, teach you, advise you, and follow your future after graduation. [...] Dr. Smith was unfailingly interested and supportive."<ref>{{ cite news | work=SciTech Vol. 3 | page=3 | publisher=[[Georgia Institute of Technology College of Sciences]] | url={{cite web|url=http://www.cos.gatech.edu/scitech_v3.pdf |title=Archived copy |accessdate=October 14, 2007 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20071129085158/http://www.cos.gatech.edu/scitech_v3.pdf |archivedate=November 29, 2007 }}| year=2004 | last=Llewellyn | first=Donna C. | accessdate=2007-10-14 | title=Faculty Profile: Tech Alumni Remember their Great Teachers at Georgia Tech }}</ref> Other [[List of Georgia Tech alumni|Georgia Tech alumni]] who were instructed by Smith called him "a gifted teacher",<ref>{{ cite news | url={{cite web|url=http://gtalumni.org/StayInformed/techtopics/spr91/teacher.html |title=Archived copy |accessdate=October 14, 2007 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20071016051547/http://gtalumni.org:80/StayInformed/techtopics/spr91/teacher.html |archivedate=October 16, 2007 }} | work=Tech Topics | publisher=Georgia Tech Alumni Association | year=1991 | title=Tribute To a Great Teacher | last=Lampert | first=Sy | accessdate=2007-10-14 |archiveurl = http://web.archive.org/web/20071016051547/{{cite web|url=http://gtalumni.org/StayInformed/techtopics/spr91/teacher.html |title=Archived copy |accessdate=October 14, 2007 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20071016051547/http://gtalumni.org:80/StayInformed/techtopics/spr91/teacher.html |archivedate=October 16, 2007 }} |archivedate = October 16, 2007|deadurl=yes}}</ref> unforgettable, likable, and "a good-hearted guy."<ref>{{ cite news | url={{cite web|url=http://gtalumni.org/news/ttopics/win99/burdell.html |title=Archived copy |accessdate=October 14, 2007 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20071014012111/http://gtalumni.org:80/news/ttopics/win99/burdell.html |archivedate=October 14, 2007 }} | accessdate=2007-10-14 | year=1999 | work=Tech Topics | publisher=Georgia Tech Alumni Association | title=Burdell & Friends: New Centenarian | last=Dunn | first=John | quote='I'll never forget D. M. Smith,' Hudgins said. 'He was my professor of mathematics when I flunked. He was a good-hearted guy; I liked him.' |archiveurl = http://web.archive.org/web/20071014012111/{{cite web|url=http://gtalumni.org/news/ttopics/win99/burdell.html |title=Archived copy |accessdate=October 14, 2007 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20071014012111/http://gtalumni.org:80/news/ttopics/win99/burdell.html |archivedate=October 14, 2007 }} |archivedate = October 14, 2007|deadurl=yes}}</ref> His memorable teaching style and devotion to his students earned him the title of "[[legend]]" among alumni.<ref>{{ cite news | url={{cite web|url=http://gtalumni.org/Publications/magazine/sum99/letters.html |title=Archived copy |accessdate=October 14, 2007 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20071016051528/http://gtalumni.org:80/Publications/magazine/sum99/letters.html |archivedate=October 16, 2007 }}| work=Georgia Tech Alumni Magazine Online | publisher=Georgia Tech Alumni Association | title=Letters: Millennium Dilemma | last=Byrd | first=Charles | accessdate=2007-10-14 | year=1999 | quote=I am reminded of D.M. 'Doc' Smith, who was a great professor and a Georgia Tech legend in the Mathematics Department. }}</ref><ref>{{ cite news | work=Tech Topics | url={{cite web|url=http://gtalumni.org/Publications/techtopics/sum99/oralhis.html |title=Archived copy |accessdate=October 14, 2007 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20071016051532/http://gtalumni.org:80/Publications/techtopics/sum99/oralhis.html |archivedate=October 16, 2007 }}| accessdate=2007-10-14 | year=1999 | title=Oral History Spotlight: It Wasn't All Work | last=Lemeiras | first=Maria | publisher=Georgia Tech Alumni Association | quote=He [Georgia Tech alumnus Oliver Simmons] studied under such legends as math Professor D. M. Smith and Dean William Skiles. }}</ref>


Physically, Smith was described as "a small, white-haired gentleman with a noticeable limp caused by a short leg" who "always wore a black suit with a bow tie." He was often seen driving around the Georgia Tech campus in a 1930s black [[coupé]] automobile similar to the [[Ramblin' Wreck]].<ref name="SmithGem"/>
Physically, Smith was described as "a small, white-haired gentleman with a noticeable limp caused by a short leg" who "always wore a black suit with a bow tie." He was often seen driving around the Georgia Tech campus in a 1930s black [[coupé]] automobile similar to the [[Ramblin' Wreck]].<ref name="SmithGem"/>

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D. M. Smith
BornJuly 27, 1884
Nashville, Tennessee
DiedNovember 26, 1962
Alma materVanderbilt University
University of Chicago
Known forCalculus of variations
Scientific career
FieldsMathematics
InstitutionsGeorgia Tech
Centenary College
Fort Worth University
Doctoral advisorGilbert Ames Bliss

David Melville "Doc" Smith (July 27, 1884 – November 26, 1962) was a renowned professor and mathematician at the Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech). During his more than forty years at the school, he was particularly known for his teaching style and personality. Georgia Tech's D. M. Smith Building, which has housed numerous academic departments, is named in his honor.

Biography

Career

D. M. Smith was born in 1884 in Nashville, Tennessee. He attended Vanderbilt University, earning a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1905 and a master's degree in 1906. Upon leaving Vanderbilt, Smith began teaching mathematics at Centenary College of Louisiana. He later moved to Texas after accepting a teaching position at Fort Worth University (now part of Oklahoma City University[1]). Smith then returned to graduate school at the University of Chicago, where he received his Ph.D. under the advisement of Gilbert Ames Bliss.[2] As with the most notable research of his advisor, Smith focused on the calculus of variations in his dissertation, Jacobi's Condition for the Problem of Lagrange in the Calculus of Variations.[3] After graduating from the University of Chicago,[4] Smith was hired by the Georgia Institute of Technology as an assistant professor.[5]

Smith spent over forty years as a professor of mathematics at Georgia Tech. One of Smith's duties was teaching an introductory calculus course for which he received much acclaim from students.[6][7] Smith was promoted in 1922 from assistant professor to associate professor.[8] In 1936, Smith accepted a full professorship and the position of head of the Georgia Tech Mathematics department.[9] Smith stepped down from his department head position due to his age in 1950,[5] retiring in 1954.[10] The Georgia Tech Alumni Association presented Smith with an Honorary Alumnus Award in 1959.[11] Smith died of natural causes in 1962 at age 78.[12] He was a charter member of the Mathematical Association of America.[12]

Personality

"Doc" Smith, as he was called, made a powerful impression on his students. A Georgia Tech professor and former student of Smith's remembered him as "a friendly, inspiring curmudgeon who could scare the hell out of you, teach you, advise you, and follow your future after graduation. [...] Dr. Smith was unfailingly interested and supportive."[13] Other Georgia Tech alumni who were instructed by Smith called him "a gifted teacher",[14] unforgettable, likable, and "a good-hearted guy."[15] His memorable teaching style and devotion to his students earned him the title of "legend" among alumni.[16][17]

Physically, Smith was described as "a small, white-haired gentleman with a noticeable limp caused by a short leg" who "always wore a black suit with a bow tie." He was often seen driving around the Georgia Tech campus in a 1930s black coupé automobile similar to the Ramblin' Wreck.[7]

D. M. Smith Building

The D. M. Smith Building at Georgia Tech

Smith is recognized by the D. M. Smith Building named in his honor, one of twelve structures comprising the Georgia Institute of Technology Historic District. The building was erected in 1923 by the architectural firm L.W. Robert and Company, Inc. with US$150,000 donated by the Carnegie Corporation and $50,000 from Greater Georgia Tech Campaign funds. The English collegiate architectural style of the building, recommended by Georgia Tech architecture faculty members John L. Skinner and Harold Bush-Brown, would serve as an influential model for Georgia Tech campus buildings constructed over the next twenty years.[18]

Many academic departments have been housed in the D. M. Smith Building as institutional needs changed. The first occupants were Georgia Tech's Architecture and Physics departments. Later, the building contained offices and laboratories for the Social Sciences, Psychology, and Mathematics departments.[18] Presently, the building is home to the School of Public Policy and the Pre-Law Departments in the Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts.[19]

References

  1. ^ "Oklahoma City University". Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History & Culture. Oklahoma Historical Society. Retrieved 2008-03-04.
  2. ^ "David Melville Smith". Mathematics Genealogy Project. North Dakota State University. Retrieved 2007-10-15.
  3. ^ Smith, David M. (1916). "Jacobi's Condition for the Problem of Lagrange in the Calculus of Variations". Transactions of the American Mathematical Society. 17 (4). American Mathematical Society: 459–475. doi:10.2307/1988832. JSTOR 1988832.
  4. ^ Records are inconsistent about Smith's year of graduation from the University of Chicago; some suggest 1913 as the year, while others suggest 1916.
  5. ^ a b Wallace, Robert (1969). Dress Her in WHITE and GOLD: A biography of Georgia Tech. Georgia Tech Foundation.
  6. ^ Ritch, E.R. (1998). ["Archived copy". Archived from the original on October 16, 2007. Retrieved October 14, 2007. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) "Feedback: V-12 Program Was Vital"]. Georgia Tech Alumni Magazine Online. Georgia Tech Alumni Association. Retrieved 2007-10-14. One of my favorite professors was Doc [D.M.] Smith, a math professor. [...] He could make calculus seem so simple in class you'd think a first grader could learn it. {{cite news}}: Check |url= value (help); templatestyles stripmarker in |url= at position 1 (help)
  7. ^ a b Lutter, Fred C. (1999). ["Archived copy". Archived from the original on October 16, 2007. Retrieved October 14, 2007. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) "Letters: Smith Was Gem of a Teacher"]. Georgia Tech Alumni Magazine Online. Georgia Tech Alumni Association. Retrieved 2007-10-14. {{cite news}}: Check |url= value (help); templatestyles stripmarker in |url= at position 1 (help)
  8. ^ "Notes and News". American Mathematical Monthly. 29 (2). American Mathematical Society: 93–96. 1922. Mr. D. M. Smith and Mr. A. B. Morton have been promoted from assistant professorships to associate professorships and Mr. G. T. Trawich has been appointed instructor.
  9. ^ %5bhttp://web.archive.org/web/20071129085157/http://www.ams.org/bull/1936-42-07/S0002-9904-1936-06334-2/S0002-9904-1936-06334-2.pdf "Archived copy"%5d (PDF). Archived from %5bhttp://www.ams.org/bull/1936-42-07/S0002-9904-1936-06334-2/S0002-9904-1936-06334-2.pdf the original%5d (PDF) on November 29, 2007. Retrieved October 14, 2007. {{%5b%5bTemplate:cite web|cite web%5d%5d}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (%5b%5bHelp:CS1 errors#parameter_ignored_suggest|help%5d%5d)CS1 maint: archived copy as title (%5b%5b:Category:CS1 maint: archived copy as title|link%5d%5d)%5b%5bCategory:CS1 errors: unsupported parameter%5d%5d%5b%5bCategory:CS1 maint: archived copy as title%5d%5d "Notes". Bulletin of the American Mathematical Society. 42 (7). American Mathematical Society: 478–482. 1936. doi:10.1090/S0002-9904-1936-06334-2. Archived from ["Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on November 29, 2007. Retrieved October 14, 2007. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) the original] (– Scholar search[permanent dead link]) on November 29, 2007. Retrieved 2007-10-14. Associate Professor D. M. Smith, of the Georgia School of Technology, has been promoted to a professorship and has been appointed head of the department of mathematics. {{cite journal}}: Check |archiveurl= value (help); Check |url= value (help); External link in |format= (help); templatestyles stripmarker in |archiveurl= at position 43 (help); templatestyles stripmarker in |url= at position 1 (help) [dead link]
  10. ^ "News and Notices". American Mathematical Monthly. 61 (8). Mathematical Association of America: 579–585. 1954. JSTOR 2307624. Professor D. M. Smith has retired.
  11. ^ "Honorary Georgia Tech Alumni". Georgia Tech Alumni Association. Retrieved 2007-12-20.
  12. ^ a b "News and Notices". American Mathematical Monthly. 70 (7). Mathematical Association of America: 784–786. 1963. JSTOR 2312298. Professor D. M. Smith, Georgia Institute of Technology, died on November 26, 1962. He was a charter member of the Association.
  13. ^ Llewellyn, Donna C. (2004). ["Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on November 29, 2007. Retrieved October 14, 2007. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) "Faculty Profile: Tech Alumni Remember their Great Teachers at Georgia Tech"]. SciTech Vol. 3. Georgia Institute of Technology College of Sciences. p. 3. Retrieved 2007-10-14. {{cite news}}: Check |url= value (help); templatestyles stripmarker in |url= at position 1 (help)
  14. ^ Lampert, Sy (1991). %5bhttp://web.archive.org/web/20071016051547/http://gtalumni.org:80/StayInformed/techtopics/spr91/teacher.html "Archived copy"%5d. Archived from %5bhttp://gtalumni.org/StayInformed/techtopics/spr91/teacher.html the original%5d on October 16, 2007. Retrieved October 14, 2007. {{%5b%5bTemplate:cite web|cite web%5d%5d}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (%5b%5bHelp:CS1 errors#parameter_ignored_suggest|help%5d%5d)CS1 maint: archived copy as title (%5b%5b:Category:CS1 maint: archived copy as title|link%5d%5d)%5b%5bCategory:CS1 errors: unsupported parameter%5d%5d%5b%5bCategory:CS1 maint: archived copy as title%5d%5d "Tribute To a Great Teacher". Tech Topics. Georgia Tech Alumni Association. Archived from ["Archived copy". Archived from the original on October 16, 2007. Retrieved October 14, 2007. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) the original] on October 16, 2007. Retrieved 2007-10-14. {{cite news}}: Check |archiveurl= value (help); Check |url= value (help); Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help); templatestyles stripmarker in |archiveurl= at position 43 (help); templatestyles stripmarker in |url= at position 1 (help)
  15. ^ Dunn, John (1999). %5bhttp://web.archive.org/web/20071014012111/http://gtalumni.org:80/news/ttopics/win99/burdell.html "Archived copy"%5d. Archived from %5bhttp://gtalumni.org/news/ttopics/win99/burdell.html the original%5d on October 14, 2007. Retrieved October 14, 2007. {{%5b%5bTemplate:cite web|cite web%5d%5d}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (%5b%5bHelp:CS1 errors#parameter_ignored_suggest|help%5d%5d)CS1 maint: archived copy as title (%5b%5b:Category:CS1 maint: archived copy as title|link%5d%5d)%5b%5bCategory:CS1 errors: unsupported parameter%5d%5d%5b%5bCategory:CS1 maint: archived copy as title%5d%5d "Burdell & Friends: New Centenarian". Tech Topics. Georgia Tech Alumni Association. Archived from ["Archived copy". Archived from the original on October 14, 2007. Retrieved October 14, 2007. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) the original] on October 14, 2007. Retrieved 2007-10-14. 'I'll never forget D. M. Smith,' Hudgins said. 'He was my professor of mathematics when I flunked. He was a good-hearted guy; I liked him.' {{cite news}}: Check |archiveurl= value (help); Check |url= value (help); Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help); templatestyles stripmarker in |archiveurl= at position 43 (help); templatestyles stripmarker in |url= at position 1 (help)
  16. ^ Byrd, Charles (1999). ["Archived copy". Archived from the original on October 16, 2007. Retrieved October 14, 2007. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) "Letters: Millennium Dilemma"]. Georgia Tech Alumni Magazine Online. Georgia Tech Alumni Association. Retrieved 2007-10-14. I am reminded of D.M. 'Doc' Smith, who was a great professor and a Georgia Tech legend in the Mathematics Department. {{cite news}}: Check |url= value (help); templatestyles stripmarker in |url= at position 1 (help)
  17. ^ Lemeiras, Maria (1999). ["Archived copy". Archived from the original on October 16, 2007. Retrieved October 14, 2007. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) "Oral History Spotlight: It Wasn't All Work"]. Tech Topics. Georgia Tech Alumni Association. Retrieved 2007-10-14. He [Georgia Tech alumnus Oliver Simmons] studied under such legends as math Professor D. M. Smith and Dean William Skiles. {{cite news}}: Check |url= value (help); templatestyles stripmarker in |url= at position 1 (help)
  18. ^ a b "Georgia Institute Of Technology Historic District". Marietta Street Artery Association. Retrieved 2007-10-14.
  19. ^ "Detail of D. M. Smith Building". Georgia Tech Campus Map. Georgia Tech Alumni Association. Archived from the original on October 19, 2007. Retrieved 2007-10-14. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
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