Ronald L. Smith

22 J–16 O

Ronald L. Smith studied at Auburn and received a B.S. in Mathematics, graduating Summa Cum Laude. He then studied at University of California at Riverside, where he earned his M.S. in Mathematics before returning to Auburn. While at Auburn, he went on to obtain both an M.S. in Industrial Engineering, and his Ph.D. in Mathematics. He taught at Northern Arizona University in Flagstaff for four years before returning to the southeast to work at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, where he taught for 35 more years, retiring as Professor Emeritus. He was passionate about his research and published 37 papers and two books, and was named to the Thompson-Reuters Original List of Highly Cited Researchers. In addition, he delivered 26 presentations, refereed six journals, and organized three conferences. In honor of his retirement, colleagues organized a conference in his honor, “Recent Advances in Linear Algebra and Graph Theory.”