Background
Smitka, Michael John was born on November 16, 1953 in Fort Knox, Kentucky, United States.
Smitka, Michael John was born on November 16, 1953 in Fort Knox, Kentucky, United States.
AB cum laude, Harvard University, 1975; Doctor of Philosophy in Economics, Yale University, 1989.
Staff International Finance Center, Bank of Tokyo, New York City, 1977-1980;
Intern, Small and Medium Business Agency, Tokyo, 1982;
Fulbright researcher, Hitotsubashi U., Tokyo, 1983-1985;
assistant professor, Washington and Lee University, Lexington, Virginia, 1986-1991;
associate professor, Washington and Lee University, Lexington, Virginia, since 1991. Research fellow Japan Foundation, visiting scholar Faculty of Law Rikkyo U., Tokyo, 1991-1992. Researcher International Motor Vehicle program Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge.
Judge automotive supplier of year Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe award.
Member Good Shepherd Lutheran Church, Lexington, since 1987. Secretary-treasurer The EMBA Foundation, Inc., 1987-2005, RE Lee Episcopal Church, since 2005. Member American Economic Association, Association Christian Economists, Association Japanese Business Studies, North America Council Japanese Library.
Resources (member council board), Virginia Consortium Asian Studies (president).
Married Gloria Amayun, July 1980. Children: Mayumi Beth, John Morgan.