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Press Release
R. Eugene Smith Named Interim President Of Middle Tennessee State University
August 24, 2000
For Immediate Release Contact: Doug Williams Tom Tozer (615) 898-2919
Dr. R. Eugene Smith has been named interim president at Middle Tennessee State University, announced Dr. Charles Manning, Chancellor of the Tennessee Board of Regents.
Smith, an MTSU alumnus, has served as the Vice President for Business and Finance at the University of Memphis since 1971. He has a unique blend of outstanding administrative leadership, knowledge of MTSU and the TBR system, that will enable him to maintain the forward momentum of the university, Manning said. "Gene Smith is an outstanding leader who has served the TBR for almost 40 years. He was born in middle Tennessee, is a Distinguished Alumnus of MTSU, and knows the region well. We have been very impressed with the leadership of Dr. James E. Walker and the direction that MTSU has been traveling during the last decade. We want to maintain that momentum and Gene Smith is the best person to do just that. The leadership team at MTSU is strong and capable, and Gene will work well with this team to keep the university moving during this interim period."
Smith will start at MTSU on September 1 and will work closely with President Walker until Walker leaves MTSU on October 1, Manning said. Smith will remain interim president for approximately one year.
Born in Walter Hill in Rutherford County to the late Nora and Eugene Smith, he attended elementary and high school in Lebanon. A 1957 graduate of MTSU, Smith was awarded the University's Distinguished Alumnus Award for Professional Achievement in 1997.
Highly respected for his business acumen, Smith has tremendous influence among his business and financial peers in the academic world. He is the only Tennessean to ever be elected president of both the Southern and National Association of College and University Business Officers.
Smith has a Doctor of Philosophy degree from the University of Mississippi (1979) and a Master of Arts from Memphis State University (1966). He is married to Anne Clement Smith of Paris, Tennessee and has three children, Danny, David and Genie Ann.
