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In the 1920s, the job of secretary of the University of Michigan was held by a man named Shirley Wheeler Smith. His title may have sounded pedestrian, but the job itself was actually a position of considerable power.
Shirley W. Smith was born on 3 May 1875 in Nashville, Michigan, USA. She was a writer, known for It Happens Every Spring (1949). She died on 16 February 1959.
- Writer
- May 3, 1875
- Shirley W. Smith
- February 16, 1959
4 days ago · Shirley M. Smith, 84, of Roaring Spring, went home to be with the Lord Friday afternoon at home, surrounded by her loving family. She was born in Hopewell, the daughter of the late Joseph F. and ...
SHIRLEY W. SMITH (Puts Foot Down) Shirley W. Smith, University vice-president emeritus and author of the story made into the motion picture "It Happens Every Spring," has put down his foot. He says he will sidestep plans to put his footprint in wet cement in front of the Michigan Theatre for a newsreel.
SET FOR "SINKER" BALL: The "sinker" is a valuable pitch in a Major League hurler's repertoire, and Shirley W. Smith used a slight variation last night to embed an autographed baseball in a block of wet concrete.
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