Hidden Bibliographic Details
| Varying Form of Title: | History Makers video oral history with Mark Smith
Mark Smith
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| Other authors / contributors: | Smith, Mark J. T., interviewee.
Crowe, Larry F., interviewer.
Hickey, Matthew, director of photography.
HistoryMakers (Video oral history collection), production company.
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| Sound characteristics: | digital
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| Digital file characteristics: | video file
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| Notes: | Videographer, Matthew Hickey.
Larry Crowe, interviewer.
Recorded Lafayette, Indiana 2013 April 8.
Vendor-supplied metadata.
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| Summary: | Electrical engineer and fencer Mark J. T. Smith was born on May 17, 1956 in the Bronx, New York. After receiving his B.S. degree in electrical engineering and computer science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1978, Smith enrolled at the Georgia Institute of Technology and graduated with his M.S. degree in 1979 and his Ph.D. degree in 1984. Smith also founded the coalition Empowering Minority Engineering Scientists to Reach for Graduate Education (EMERGE). He was the U.S. National Fencing Champion in 1981 and 1983, and a two-time member of the U.S. Olympic Team in 1980 and 1984. In 2003, Smith was promoted to head Purdue's School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, the first African American to hold the position. In 2009, Smith was named the Michael J. & Katherine R. Birck Endowed Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Dean of the Purdue University Graduate School.
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