Background
Smit, Edna Knighten was born on January 23, 1932 in Montgomery, Alabama, United States. Daughter of Simon Peter and Mary Eva (Darby) Knighten.
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Edna Knighten Smit
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Bachelor of Arts in Elementary Education, U. North Carolina, 1953; Master of Arts in Reading Instruction, Michigan State University, 1980; Doctor of Philosophy in Curriculum and Instruction, Michigan State University, 1984.
Career
Teacher 2d grade, Eglin Air Force Base Dependent Schools, Fort Walton Beach, Florida, 1953-1954; teacher 2d and 3d grades, Pensacola (Florida) Public Schools, 1954-1957; teacher 2d grade, Zaragoza (Spain) Air Force Base Dependents School, 1957-1958; teacher 2d. and 3d grades, Ramstein (Germany) Air Force Base Dependent Schools, 1958-1960; teacher 2d grade, Yokota (Japan) Air Force Base Dependent Schools, 1960-1961; teacher English, Minami High School, Yokohama, Japan., 1969-1974; teacher English as Second Language and remedial reading, Yokohama International school, 1974-1977; teacher reading, consultant, Forest Hills Public Schools, Grand Rapids, Michigan, since 1978. Adjunct faculty reading education graduate classes Western Michigan U., Grand Rapids, since 1988. Guest lecturer Aquinas College, Grand Valley, U. Grand Rapids, since 1991.
Achievements
Membership
Welfare chamn., secretary, vice president, president Yokohama International Women's Club, 1972-1973. Member Michigan Reading Association, International Reading Association, Kent Reading Coun.Bd.
Connections
Married Harvey A. Smit, Aug.26, 1961. Children: Nancy Elizabeth, A. Houston, J. Knighten.
