Donald Jay Smally

Background

Smally, Donald Jay was born in 1922 in Cleveland, AMERICA0. Son of Daniel James and Alice (Rohrheimer) Smally.

Education

BME, University Cincinnati, 1949.

Career

Production engineer, N. Ransohoff, Inc., Cincinnati, 1949-1950; chief engineer, Mosby Engineering Associations, Sarasota, Florida, 1952-1955; principal, Smally, Wellford & Nalven, Inc., Sarasota, 1956-1991. Member technical advising committee Manatee Community College, Sarasota, 1965-1990. Mem.adv. committee Vocational-Technology High School, Sarasota, 1968-1980.

Achievements

• Donald Jay Smally has been listed as a noteworthy Consulting engineering executive by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Vice president Sarasota Young Men’s Christian Association, 1968-1971, Sarasota Opera Association, 1975-1988, president, 1988-1989. Chairman Sarasota Volunteer Talent Pool, 1973-1976. Secretary-treasurer Civitan Foundation, 1965-1979.

Board directors Suncoast Heart Association, 1976. Member Florida Coordinating Council for Vocational and Adult Education, 1984-1995, chairman, 1987-1988. Chairman Sarasota History Preservation Board, 1988-1991.

President Sarasota County Road Improvement Task Force, 1990-1993. Member Sarasota County Public School Foundation, 1990-1995, chairman, 1990-1991. Vice president History Society Sarasota, 1990-1991, Children's Haven and Adult Community Services, 1983-1999, president, 1991-1994.

President John Ringling Center Foundation, 1991-1998. Member Plymouth Harbor Board, 1994-1999. Board directors Sarasota Alliance for History Preservation, since 2004, president 2008-2010.

Fellow American Council Engineering Companies (treasurer 1980-1982), Florida Engineering Society (president Sarasota-Manatee chapter 1956-1958). Member Sarasota County Chamber of C. (past director, vice president 1983), Consultant Engineers Council Florida (president 1968), Florida Society Professional Land Surveyors (chapter president 1973), American Water Works Resources Association (president Florida Society 1981), Sarasota-Manatee Engineering Society.

Connections

Married Ruth Janet Glasser, July 8, 1944. Children: Alan Jon, Leonard Arthur.

Father:

Daniel James Smally

Mother:

Alice (Rohrheimer) Smally

Spouse:

Ruth Janet Glasser

child:

Leonard Arthur Smally

child:

Alan Jon Smally