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Smith, David Horton was born on May 2, 1939 in Los Angeles, California, United States. Son of Paul Roosevelt Smith and Helen Ethel (Frechem) Mitchell.
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Grassroots Associations is a comprehensive review and critique of empirical and theoretical research on grassroots, nonprofit and voluntary organizations. David Horton Smith examines in depth the distinctive nature and characteristics of a previously under-studied area which includes such groups as Alchoholics Anonymous, community-environmental action committees and church Bible study groups. He addresses: group formation, structure, process, leadership, and life cycle change; effectiveness; the influence such associations have on society; the future of grassroots associations, which he sees as integral to a postmodern society moving towards participatory democracy, self-determinism and individual choice.
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This interdisciplinary look at sport and recreation participation focuses on the ISSTAL (Interdisciplinary Sequential Specificity Time Allocation Lifespan) Model. Authors, David Smith and Nancy Theberge, offer evaluations of the research, investigating socio-economic status, personality traits, and the other factors affecting recreation participation.
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This reference work defines more than 1,200 terms and concepts that have been found useful in past research and theory on the nonprofit sector. The entries reflect the importance of associations, citizen participation, philanthropy, voluntary action, nonprofit management, volunteer administration, leisure, and political activities of nonprofits. They also reflect a concern for the wider range of useful general concepts in theory and research that bear on the nonprofit sector and its manifestations in the United States and elsewhere. This dictionary supplies some of the necessary foundational work on the road toward a general theory of the nonprofit sector.
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Smith, David Horton was born on May 2, 1939 in Los Angeles, California, United States. Son of Paul Roosevelt Smith and Helen Ethel (Frechem) Mitchell.
Student (honorary), California Institute of Technology, 1956—1957. AB magna cum laude, University Southern California, 1960. Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy.
Bachelor of Arts in Psychology. Bachelor of Arts in Sociology. Master of Arts in Sociology, Harvard University, 1962.
Doctor of Philosophy in Sociology with distinction, Harvard University, 1965.
Assistant professor sociology University Southern California, Los Angeles, 1966—1968, co-director, Laboratory for Organizational Research. Associate research professor, director, Program on Voluntary Participation in Urban World, Institute Human Sciences Boston College, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, 1968—1973, associate professor sociology, 1968—1976, professor sociology, 1976—2004, emeritus professor sociology, since 2007, research professor sociology, since 2009. Founder, manager, Chief Executive Officer David Horton Smith International LLC, Blue Stone Infinity LLC, since 2008.
Founder. president, Chief Executive Officer Miracle Club International Inc., since 2008, Proven Truth Inc., since 2009. Research fellow, lecturer Harvard University, 1965-1966. Director research, Center Voluntary Society, 1970-1974.
Consultant National Center for Voluntary Action, British National Volunteer Center, Center for Voluntary Society, Filer Commission on Private Philanthropy and Public Needs, Donee Group, 1974-1975. Union of International Associations, United Nations Volunteer Programme. Keynote speaker 7th World Leisure Congress, Kuala Lumpur, Malyasia, 2002.
Founder Association Research Nonprofit Organizations & Volunteer Action, Nonprofit & Volunteer Sector Quarterly journal, Sections on Community & Grassroots Associations & Values, Religion, Altruism & Drawbacks.
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Member Ad Hoc Advisory Council Massachusetts Governor' General’ s Office Citizens' Participation, 1974-1975, Planning Committee for National Forum on Commission on Volunteerism, 1979-1980, member, board directors Voluntary Action Center Greater Boston, 1974-1979, Fathers United for Equal Justice, 1975-1977. Founding board directors, Association Research Non-Profit Organizations and Voluntary Action, 1971-1978, National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy, 1976-1978, Alliance for Volunteerism, 1975-1978, National Association Public Service Executive, 1977-1980, founder, secretary general, founding board directors chair International Voluntary Action and Voluntary Associations Research Organization, 1978-1983. Director research Center for Voluntary Society, Washington, District of Columbia, 1970-1974.
Member Association Research on Non-Profit Organizations and Voluntary Action (founder, president 1971-1973, executive officer 1973-1975, research vice president 1975-1978, Lifetime Achievement award 1993), International Society for Third Sector Research (charter founding member), American Sociological Association, American Psychology Association (life status member), American Academy Religion, Science Society Study Religion, Religious Research Association, Society Study Christian Spirituality, Association Research Volunteer & Community Section (honorary life member), Authors Guild, American Association for Advancement of Science, American Association Retired Persons, National Alliance On Mental Illness, Wilderness Society, Nature Conservancy, Rainforest Action Network, World Wildlife Fund., Natural Resources Defense Council, Harvard Club Sarasota, Freemasons, Shriners of North America, Harvard Alumni Association, Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Kappa Phi, Alpha Kappa Delta, Pi Epsilon Theta, Alpha Mu Gamma, Sarasota-Manatee Phi Beta Kappa Association, National Phi Beta Kappa Society, Congregational United Church Christ, Sarasota Film Society, Manatee County Ministries Association, Miracle Club International.
Son of Paul Roosevelt Smith and Helen Ethel (Frechem) Mitchell. Divorced; children: Gregory David, Laura Ghislaine.