Background
Smith, Ralph Earl was born on May 10, 1940 in Yuma, Colorado, United States. Son of Robert C. and Esther C. (Schwarz) Smith.
Smith, Ralph Earl was born on May 10, 1940 in Yuma, Colorado, United States. Son of Robert C. and Esther C. (Schwarz) Smith.
Bachelor of Science, Colorado State University, 1961. Doctor of Philosophy, University Colorado, 1968.
Member faculty Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, 1968—1980, professor virology, 1980-1982. Professor, head department microbiology Colorado State University, Fort Collins, 1983-1988, professor microbiology, associate vice president research, 1989-1999, interim vice president research, 1990-1991, professor microbiology, associate vice president research, 1991-1999, interim head department microbiology, 1999—2002, professor microbiology, immunology and pathology, since 2002. Director Rocky Mount Regional Biocontainment Laboratory, 2004—2007.
Associate director Rocky Mount Regional Center Excellence, 2005—2008. Interim director Infectious Disease Research Center, since 2007, Infectious Disease Super Cluster, since 2008. Consultant Bellco Glass Company, Vineland, New Jersey, 1976-1980, Procter & Gamble Company, Cincinnati, 1985-1986, Schering Plough Corporation, Bloomfield, New Jersey, 1987-1989, Rose biomedical, 2002-2006.
Board directors Colorado Center for Environmental Management, vice president for research. Member pollution prevention advisory board Colorado Department Public Health and Environment. Member Rocky Mountain University Consortium on Environmental Restoration, Environmental Institute Rocky Flats.
Assistant scoutmaster Boy Scouts American, Durham, 1972-1982, committee member, Fort Collins, 1986-1991. Member administrative board 1st United Methodist Church, Fort Collins. Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Society Microbiology, New York Academy of Sciences, American Society Virology, Gamma Sigma Delta.
Married Sheila L. Kondy, August 29, 1961 (divorced 1986). 1 child, Andrea Denise. Married Janet M. Keller, 1988.