Bea Litherland Smith, Dean Emerita, MU’s College of Human Environmental Sciences
Job description: Advocate, counselor, dreamer, drudge, planner, cheerleader, manager, yard guy, writer, landlord, sage, taxpayer. Years lived in Columbia: 42 years. I was recruited from North Dakota State University in 1977 to become, at age 36, MU’s youngest dean. I retired in 2002 as the university’s longest-serving dean. Original hometown: Hornick, Iowa. Population 250. Education: […]
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