Curriculum Vitae
Robert B. Smith
Born: Youngstown, Ohio
High School: North Olmsted, Ohio
Education:
1978-1982 Princeton Theological Seminary, Doctor of Ministry
Thesis Project Releasing the Gift: Motivational Empowerment of
Ministry in a Diaconal Mode
Advisors: Dr. Geddes Hanson (Church Administration),
Dr. Sang Hyun Lee (Theology)
1969 1972 Princeton Theological Seminary, Master of Divinity
Focus: Church History
Advisor: Dr. Karlfried Froehlich
1965-1969 Westminster College, New Wilmington, Pa, Bachelor of Arts (Philosophy and Religion)
Undergraduate Thesis: The Church and “Extra Eccleisiam Nulla
Salus” (An historical survey of the use of the Cyprianic dictum as
an expression of authority within western theological traditions)
Advisor: Dr. Jack B. Rogers
Collegiate Honor Societies: Eta Sigma Phi (Classical Language), Phi Sigma Tau (Philosophy)
Work History:
2008- Adjunct Instructor, BGSU Firelands (Department of Humanities)
2005 - Adjunct Instructor, Wright State University (Distance Learning Program)
2003- 2005 Instructor, Wright State University,
Departments of Religion and Philosophy
2001-2003 Adjunct Instructor, Wright State University, Department of Religion
1997-2003 Pastor, First Presbyterian Church, Fairborn, Ohio
1996-1997 Interim Associate, College Hill Community Church, Dayton, Ohio
1985 1996 Senior Pastor, Southminster Presbyterian, Dayton, Ohio
1979 1985 Pastor, First Presbyterian Church, Oil City, Pennsylvania
1974 1979 Pastor, First Presbyterian Church, Toronto, Ohio
1972 1974 Assistant Pastor, Covenant Presbyterian, Columbus, Ohio
Selected Volunteer/Community Service:
2000- 2005 President of the Board of the Dayton Urban Ministry Center
1998- 2005 Greene County United Way Advisory Board (two years as president)
1991 2000 Board of Trustees, Miami Valley Hospital
1987 1999 Member of the Board, Montgomery Co. Visiting Nurses
Association (served a two year term as President)
1991-1993 Member of the General Assembly Council of the Presbyterian
Church (U.S.A.)
1986-1992 Member of the Miami Presbytery's
1998-2001 Committee on Ministry
1982-1985 Chair/Member of Synod of the Trinity (Pa & W.Va.)
Stewardship and Support Committee, Member of Synod General Council
1982 1989 Dean, Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) Young Pastors' Seminar
1982-1985 President/Member of the Board, Venango Co. Visiting Nurses
Association
1977-1979 President/Member of the Board, Jefferson Co. Comprehensive
Mental Health Center, Steubenville, Ohio
1975 1979 Member of General Council of Upper Ohio Valley Presbytery,
serving as Chair of Leadership Development, and Vice Moderator
Professional Memberships: American Academy of Religion
Society of Biblical Literature
Ecclesiastical Status:
Ordained: Cleveland Presbytery, 1972
Currently: Member of the Miami Presbytery, Honorably Retired, Pastor Emeritus
Personal:
Hobbies: Sailing, photography, carpentry, computers, and writing.
Literary accomplishments:
2006 Recipient of the Robert Frost Poetry Award (Frost Foundation)
Novels: Night Voices, Children of Light, and McGowan's Call (Drinian Press)
Literary Commentary: Hogwarts, Narnia, and Middle Earth: Places Upon a Time (Drinian Press)
Poetry: 256 Zones of Gray (Bird Dog Publishing)
Directory of American Poets and Writers (pw.org)
Faculty Site: http://www.wright.edu/~robert.b.smith
Author's Site: http://www.SmithWrite.net