Background
Smits, Ronald Francis was born on December 22, 1943 in Bayonne, New Jersey, United States. Son of Edwin Joseph and Florence Ann Smits.
Smits, Ronald Francis was born on December 22, 1943 in Bayonne, New Jersey, United States. Son of Edwin Joseph and Florence Ann Smits.
AB, Rutgers University, 1966. Master of Science, Indiana State University, 1969. Doctor of Philosophy, Ball State University, 1978.
Instructor English, Kaskaskia College, Centralia, Illinois, 1969-1974. Instructor Ball State University, Muncie, Indiana, 1976-1978. Assistant professor English, Indiana University Pennsylvania, 1979-1992, associate professor, 1992-1996, professor, 1996—2009.
Retired; emeritus professor English Indiana University, Pennsylvania.
1st lieutenant United States Army, 1966-1968, Vietnam.
Married Bonnie Lee Brown, June 10, 1970 (divorced March 1976). 1 child, Ronald Thomas.