Matthew Dinsdale Smith

Background

Smith, Matthew Dinsdale was born on February 1, 1891 in Montfort, Wisconsin, United States. Son of Albert Francis and Alice Jane (Dinsdale) Smith.

Education

AB, Dakota Wesleyan University, 1912; Doctor of Humane Letters, Dakota Wesleyan University, 1959; AM, Columbia University, 1914; postgraduate, University of Chicago, 1921; Doctor of Education, University of California, Berkeley, 1930.

Career

Teacher high school, Huron, South Dakot, 1914-1915; principal high school, Belle Fourche, 1915-1917; principal high school, Callao, Peru, 1917-1920; president, Mexican Methodist Institute, Puebla, Mexico, 1922-1932; dean, Kansas Wesleyan University, 1933-1936; dean, Dakota Wesleyan University, 1936-1944; president, Dakota Wesleyan University, 1952-1958; director, Pan American Institute, Republic of Panama, 1944-1952; executive secretary, South Dakot Foundation Private Colls., 1958-1960.

Achievements

• Matthew Dinsdale Smith has been listed as a noteworthy University administrator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member general education board Methodist Church, 1940-1944, 52-60. Member National Education Association, South Dakot Education Association, South Dakot Association College Deans and Registrars (past president), Masons, Kiwanis, Phi Delta Kappa, Phi Kappa Phi, Pi Gamma Museum.

Connections

Married Loretta Fern Sage, December 29, 1920. Children: Matthew Dinsdale, Albert Francis, Miriam Jane (Mistress Baltus Fritzmeier), Loretta Fern (Mistress Leonard S. Buxton).

Father:

Albert Francis Smith

Mother:

Alice Jane (Dinsdale) Smith

Spouse:

Loretta Fern Sage

child:

Miriam Jane Smith (Mistress Baltus Fritzmeier)

child:

Matthew Dinsdale Smith

child:

Loretta Fern Smith (Mistress Leonard S. Buxton)

child:

Albert Francis Smith