Background
Smith, J. Roy was born on September 13, 1936 in Washington, District of Columbia, United States. Son of James Roy and Nellie Irene (Mansfield) Smith.
museum director education educator
Smith, J. Roy was born on September 13, 1936 in Washington, District of Columbia, United States. Son of James Roy and Nellie Irene (Mansfield) Smith.
Bachelor, Mercer University, 1956. Postgraduate, Brown University, 1957. Certified, Oxford University, England, 1963.
Teacher City of Cranston, Rhode Island, 1957-1959. With Charleston County, Charleston, South Carolina, 1962-1964, 76-79. Teacher Fulton County, Fairburn, Georgia, 1965-1976, Berkeley County, Moncks Corner, South Carolina, 1979-1994.
Associate director Karpeles Manuscript Museum, Charleston, since 2005.
Lieutenant (junior grade) United States Navy, 1959-1962. Member Sons of the American Revolution (secretary-treasurer South Carolina Society 1977-1978), Georgia S.R., Society Second War with Great Britain, Sons and Daughters of Pilgrims (governor Georgia branch 1976, honorary governor since 1976), South Carolina History Society, Georgia History Society, Kappa Phi Kappa (registered tour guide, lecturer).