[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 54 (Friday, May 3, 2002)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E692]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                  A TRIBUTE TO DR. STANLEY HUGH SMITH

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                          HON. EDOLPHUS TOWNS

                              of new york

                    in the house of representatives

                         Thursday, May 2, 2002

  Mr. TOWNS. Mr. Speaker, I rise in honor of the late Dr. Stanley Hugh 
Smith in recognition of his lifelong commitment to education.
  Stan was bom on October 23, 1925 in Trinidad, West Indies. Having 
been raised in Tobago, he immigrated to the U.S., where he received his 
undergraduate and masters degrees from Fisk University in 1949 and 
1950, respectively. In 1953, Stanley Smith earned a Doctorate of 
Philosophy at Washington State University.
  Returning to the South to begin his career, Stan first taught at 
Livingstone College in North Carolina, where he became Chairman of the 
Sociology Department. After moving to Tuskegee, Alabama to work at 
Tuskegee University, he was elected to the City Council of Tuskegee, 
making him the first African American elected in the Deep South since 
Reconstruction.
  Stan also worked for Meharry Medical College in Nashville, Tennessee 
in the field of community psychiatry. He served as Dean of Fisk 
University and of the College of Human Resources at Southern Illinois 
University at Carbondale. He was also President of Shaw University in 
Raleigh, North Carolina.
  After years of dynamic and enriching educational experiences, Stanley 
reestablished his career in foreign affairs and international studies, 
becoming the first African American Staff Director of the U.S. House of 
Representative's Subcommittee on International Operations of the 
Foreign Affairs Committee. Later, he served as Staff Director for the 
Subcommittee on Africa.
  After retiring from the Congress, Stanley continued to play an active 
role in his community. In addition to serving as a consultant to the 
National Association for Equal Opportunity in Higher Education, he 
worked with several churches and young people around the Washington, 
D.C. area.
  Stanley Smith is survived by his loving wife, Sarah; his devoted son, 
Stephen Hugh; and his grandson, Stephen Dysart Smith. I am proud to 
have known and worked with him during his tenure at Shaw University and 
while he was with the House Foreign Affairs Committee. As a dedicated 
educator and foreign policy specialist, Dr. Stanley Hugh Smith will be 
sorely missed.

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