Background

Smith, Michael Robert was born on August 24, 1937 in Tela, Honduras. Son of Ike Morgan and Edith Helen (Hudson) Smith.

Education

BME, Georgia Institute Technology, 1959; Master of Science in Nuclear Engineering, Georgia Institute Technology, 1961; Doctor of Philosophy, Case Institute Technology, 1965.

Career

Member technical staff, Hughes Research laboratories, Malibu, California, 1965-1968; vice-president, director research, Britt Corporation, Los Angeles, 1968-1973; senior staff engineer, Singer/Librascope division, Glendale, California, 1973-1978; president, Exocor Technology, Newbury Park, California, 1978-1995; assistant professor, head physics program, California Lutheran U., Thousand Oaks, 1990-1996; design leader LIGO project, California Institute Technology, Pasadena, since 1996.

Achievements

• Michael Robert Smith has been listed as a noteworthy Electro-optical engineer, physicist by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Greek folk dance teacher Arts Council, Thousand Oaks, California, 1991-1997. Member Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Laser Electro-Optic Society (chair 1995-1997), Sigma Xi, Pi TauSigma.

Connections

Married Suzanne Ruth Hudgins, August 20, 1960. Children: Stephen, Monica, Meryl.

Father:

Ike Morgan Smith

Mother:

Edith Helen (Hudson) Smith

Spouse:

Suzanne Ruth Hudgins

child:

Stephen Smith

child:

Monica Smith

child:

Meryl Smith