Background
Smith, Regan Granville was born on August 13, 1938 in Kalamazoo. Son of Granville Blemyuer and Frances Marion (Little) Smith.
Smith, Regan Granville was born on August 13, 1938 in Kalamazoo. Son of Granville Blemyuer and Frances Marion (Little) Smith.
Bachelor in Philosophy, Kalamazoo College, 1960; AM, Doctor of Philosophy in Sociology, University of Illinois, 1970.
Probation officer, Juvenile Court, Pueblo, Colorado, 1964-1965;
probation officer, Calhoun County, Marshall, Michigan, 1965-1967;
assistant professor, U. Wyoming, Laramie, 1970-1972;
assistant professor sociology, Sangamon State University, Springfield, Illinois, 1972-1976;
associate professor, Sangamon State University, Springfield, Illinois, since 1976;
full professor, Sangamon State University, Springfield, Illinois, since 1991;
director theatre, Sangamon State University, Springfield, Illinois, 1983-1985;
chairperson department sociology & anthropology, Sangamon State University, Springfield, Illinois, 1972-1979, 86-;
chairperson faculty senate, Sangamon State University, Springfield, Illinois, since 1991;
director foreign & faculty exchange programs, Sangamon State University, Springfield, Illinois, since 1991. Visiting senior lecturer Polytechnic of the Southbank, London, 1981-1982. Visiting distinguished professor sociology and foreign expert Shanghai Teachers University and Heilongjiang University (Harbin), Peoples Republic of China, 1988.
Member university advising committee Illinois Board Regents, Springfield, 1973-1977, chairman 1974-1975.
Chairman citizen's advisory committee to Sangamon County Juvenile Justice, Springfield, since 1986. Executive secretary Springfield Area Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome Task Force, 1985-1988. Board dirs Springfield Area Arts Council, 1984-1988, resident artists guild Springfield Theatre Center, 1986-1988.
Member Illinois Sociological Society (session organizer), Midwest Sociological Society (recruiting chairman 1975-1979), Society for Study of Symbolic Interaction (correspondent secretary 1975-1982, secretary/treasurer), American Civil Liberties Union (board directors, executive committee 1977-1979).
Married Lillian Sanders, July 27, 1968. 1 child, Robert Jay.