Whitesell-Somers Family Web Project - Person Sheet
Whitesell-Somers Family Web Project - Person Sheet
NameDr. Thomas Alexander SMITH 
470, Janie Brooks Sands Smith,470, Dr Thomas Alexander Smith,404, Thomas Alexander Smith-Male-1936 – 2014-•-GHY7-FJ7
470, Janie Brooks Sands Smith,470, Dr Thomas Alexander Smith,404, Thomas Alexander Smith-Male-1936 – 2014-•-GHY7-FJ7BirthNov 12, 1936, Reidsville, Rockingham County, North Carolina470, Dr Thomas Alexander Smith
DeathDec 26, 2014, Reidsville, Rockingham County, North Carolina470, Dr Thomas Alexander Smith
BurialGreenview Cemetery, 1004 Montgomery Street, Reidsville, Rockingham County, North Carolina470, Dr Thomas Alexander Smith
Father“Bill” Thomas Martin SMITH (1906-1982)
MotherJanie Brooks SANDS (1906-2004)
Spouses
Obituary Online notes for Dr. Thomas Alexander SMITH
SMITH REIDSVILLE Dr. T. Alexander Smith Nov. 12, 1936 - Dec. 26, 2014
Dr. T. Alexander Smith, 78, of Reidsville, died Friday, December 26, 2014 at 12:46 a.m. following a lengthy illness.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be held Wednesday, December 31, 2014 at 11:00 a.m. at Our Lady of Grace Catholic Church officiated by Fr. Eric Kowalski.
A graveside service will follow at Greenview Cemetery at 1:00 p.m. in Reidsville.
Alex was born November 12, 1936 in Reidsville, the son of Thomas Martin Smith and Janie Sands Smith.
Alex was a graduate of Wake Forest University, where he was a member of the Kappa Sigma fraternity. He was also a graduate of Cornell University and The Ohio State University, where he received his doctorate in political science.
Alex taught at McMaster University in Ontario, Canada; Washington and Lee University in Lexington, VA; and the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. He was the author or coauthor of four books ranging from comparative public policy to race relations. A respected political scientist, he was known internationally, primarily for his expansion of Theodore Lowi's theory of the policy process and development of an alternative model of that process. His book Time and Public Policy was a pioneering study of time horizons and their impact on public policy. It was a featured selection of the Ludwig Von Mises Institute and reflected Alex's long-time study of, and contribution to, the Austrian School of economic theory.
After retiring from the University of Tennessee and moving back to Reidsville, he spent several years as a member of the Board of the Museum & Archives of Rockingham County. Alex was a warm, fun-loving person who treasured the time he spent with friends, colleagues and students, and particularly valued his close-knit group of fraternity brothers, who affectionately called him "Shaky".
Surviving are his wife Sandy Smith of Reidsville; daughter Karen Norton and husband Bob of Los Angeles, CA; son Sander Smith and wife Linda of Winston-Salem; and grandchildren Alex, Graham, Emma, Piers and Alexandra (Lexi). 470, Dr Thomas Alexander Smith
Dr. T. Alexander Smith, 78, of Reidsville, died Friday, December 26, 2014 at 12:46 a.m. following a lengthy illness.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be held Wednesday, December 31, 2014 at 11:00 a.m. at Our Lady of Grace Catholic Church officiated by Fr. Eric Kowalski.
A graveside service will follow at Greenview Cemetery at 1:00 p.m. in Reidsville.
Alex was born November 12, 1936 in Reidsville, the son of Thomas Martin Smith and Janie Sands Smith.
Alex was a graduate of Wake Forest University, where he was a member of the Kappa Sigma fraternity. He was also a graduate of Cornell University and The Ohio State University, where he received his doctorate in political science.
Alex taught at McMaster University in Ontario, Canada; Washington and Lee University in Lexington, VA; and the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. He was the author or coauthor of four books ranging from comparative public policy to race relations. A respected political scientist, he was known internationally, primarily for his expansion of Theodore Lowi's theory of the policy process and development of an alternative model of that process. His book Time and Public Policy was a pioneering study of time horizons and their impact on public policy. It was a featured selection of the Ludwig Von Mises Institute and reflected Alex's long-time study of, and contribution to, the Austrian School of economic theory.
After retiring from the University of Tennessee and moving back to Reidsville, he spent several years as a member of the Board of the Museum & Archives of Rockingham County. Alex was a warm, fun-loving person who treasured the time he spent with friends, colleagues and students, and particularly valued his close-knit group of fraternity brothers, who affectionately called him "Shaky".
Surviving are his wife Sandy Smith of Reidsville; daughter Karen Norton and husband Bob of Los Angeles, CA; son Sander Smith and wife Linda of Winston-Salem; and grandchildren Alex, Graham, Emma, Piers and Alexandra (Lexi). 470, Dr Thomas Alexander Smith