Background
Smith, Donald Kliese was born on November 29, 1915 in Belgrade, Nebraska, United States. Son of Charles Henry and Alice Maude (Kliese) Smith.
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Donald Kliese Smith
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Education
Bachelor of Arts, Nebraska State Teachers College, Kearney, 1936; the Master of Philisophy, University of Wisconsin, 1942; Doctor of Philosophy, University Wisconsin, 1951.
Career
Teacher, Holdrege (Nebraska) High School, 1936-1938;
principal, Kimball (Nebraska) High School, 1938-1939;
teacher, Wisconsin High School, Madison, 1939-1942;
instructor, College Education, University of Wisconsin, 1946-1949;
member of faculty, University of Minnesota, 1949-1973;
professor speech, University of Minnesota, 1957-1973;
department chairman speech and theatre arts, University of Minnesota, 1959-1963;
assistant vice president academic administration, University of Minnesota, 1963-1966;
associate vice president academic administration, University of Minnesota, 1966-1968;
vice president administration, University of Minnesota, 1968-1973;
vice president academic affairs, (University of Wisconsin System), 1973-1977;
senior vice president, (University of Wisconsin System), 1977-1980, senior vice president emeritus;
professor communication arts, University of Wisconsin -Madison, 1973-1986. Resident director Agency for International Development, Higher Agricultural Education, Indonesia, 1972-1973. Cons. administrative communication Veterans Administration Hospital.
Administration Institutions, 1959-1963. Chairman.bd. trustees Upper Midwest Regional Ednl. Laboratory, 1966-1968.
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Man Speaking, a Rhetoric of Public Speech
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Man Speaking, a Rhetoric of Public Speech
Membership
Vice president, member Executive Committee Minnesota Theatre Foundation Served to captain, infantry Army of the United States, 1943-1946. Member American Association of University Professors, AAHE, Speech Association American, Speech Communication Association, National Council English, Central States Speech Association (president 1960-1961), Minn Association Teachers Speech (president 1954-1956), Phi Kappa Phi.
Connections
Married Kathleen Claire Rossiter, June 18, 1941 (deceased January 1971). Children: Christopher D., Kathleen Cynthia, Melinda Frances. Married Eileen Anne McAvoy, August 14, 1971.
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American
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1936
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1942
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1951