Jay Cleveland Smith

Submitted by: Tim Dotterer

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ALINE – Graveside service for Jay Cleveland Smith, OU Professor Emeritus of Educational Technology, will be at 1 p.m. Saturday, May 7, 2011 at Aline Star Cemetery, Aline.

Jay died Aug. 10, 2010 from complications of kidney failure and a long fight with diabetes. A Celebration of his life was held Saturday, Aug. 14, 2010 at First Christian Church, Norman. All arrangements are under the direction of Primrose Funeral Service, Norman, Okla.

Jay was born Jan. 27, 1940 to E.M. Smith and Almeda (Woods) Smith in Aline, Okla. He attended both grade school and high school in Helena, Okla.

He married Peggy Karen Schultz in Helena in 1961.

He attended the University of Oklahoma and graduated with a BA in 1961. He then taught speech, debate and theatre at Midwest City High School and then became Assistant Superintendent for Integrated Federal Programs of Jefferson Davis Parish Schools (Jennings, La.). With a full Fellowship through the East-West Center of the University of Hawaii, he received a M.Ed, in Educational Communications in 1969 and as a Provost Scholar Fellow, he received a Ph.D. in Instructional Development and Technology from Michigan State University in 1972.

He taught at Georgia State University in Atlanta one year and then moved to the University of South Carolina as Assistant to the President and then Dean of Learning Resources and Associate Provost. He returned home to the University of Oklahoma in 1976. In 1978 he established the Cleveland Smith Instructional Training Consultants Group and did consultancies and workshops throughout the United States and overseas.

While at OU he taught both undergraduate and graduate courses, published articles and co-authored two textbooks. He also worked extensively in faculty governance serving on many committees and councils including being Chair of the Library Committee and the Budget Council. In 1991 he served as Chair of the Faculty Senate. He also helped establish the Film and Video Studies Program at OU. He often said his proudest professional achievement was the graduation and success of his doctoral students.

He is survived by his wife, Peggy of the home; sister and brother-in-law, Sue and Wayne Fish of Bartlesville; one son, Greg Jay Smith and wife, Denise Daugherty of Crescent; one daughter, Cherylle Almeda and husband, Mike Bryant of Norman.

The recent delights of his life were his grandsons Trevor Jay and Cody Jacob Bryant of Norman.

He was preceded in death by his parents.

Memorials can be made in his name to the University of Oklahoma Foundation Inc, 100 Timberdell Road, Norman, 73069.

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