Background
Smith, Jeffrey Alan was born on June 30, 1942 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Richard Somerville and Marguerite Irene (Gebler) Smith.
Smith, Jeffrey Alan was born on June 30, 1942 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Richard Somerville and Marguerite Irene (Gebler) Smith.
Bachelor of Science, Yale University, 1965; AM, Harvard University, 1982; Doctor of Education, Harvard University, 1983.
Field assistant Peabody Museum and Department Anthropology, Yale University, United States, Kenya, Tanzania, Egypt, France, England, 1963-1965;
teacher, coach, Webb School, Claremont, California, 1965-1966;
teacher, Massachusetts Correctional Institution, Walpole, 1968-1969;
founder, director, Redington Pond School, Rangeley, Maine., 1970-1976;
founder, director, V-V Ranch School, Wardlow, Alberta, Canada, 1973-1975;
instructor, U. Science and Technology, Chengdu, Sichuan., China, 1984;
executive director, Crisis Center, Monterey, California, 1985-1986;
executive director, Books to China Foundation, San Francisco, 1986-1987;
president, Bridge to Asia Foundation, San Francisco, California, since 1987. Mathematics instructor, consultant Wang laboratories, Tweksbury, Massachusetts, 1969. Teacher Adult Education Center, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1969-1970, senior addiction specialist Human Superior vena cava syndrome Administration, New York City, 1969-1970.
Instructor Hurricane Island Outward Bound School, Rockland, Maine, 1973, Department Hospitals and Institutions, Santa Fe, 1977. Visiting professor U. Science and Technology, Chengdu. Visiting library Ocean U. Qingdao, Shandong.
Member National Committee on United States-China Rels., New York.
Active San Francisco Shanghai Sister City Committee. Member Internet Society.