The president is the chief executive officer of the multi-campus Washington State University system and reports to a Board of Regents; the office dates to the initial opening of the university.
As the University’s leader, the president collaborates with a wide range of internal and external stakeholders to define the vision and set the direction for the institution. As the champion of its reputation, the president articulates the strategic goals and messages of the University in order to build broad support for and ownership of WSU’s aspirations among its many constituents, including faculty, staff, students, alumni, the Board of Regents, the WSU Foundation, local communities, government, business, and industry leaders statewide, the media, and the general public.
Samuel H. Smith was selected by the Board of Regents on March 7, 1985, to serve as the institution’s 8th president. He took office at age 45 on July 1, 1985, and served for 15 years.
Primarily photographs from Sam Smith's role as Presidnet of WSU, dating from about 1985-2000. Also includes some ephemeral materials, reports from an Emerging Biotechnologies in Agriculture committee, 1982-1983, and notes from a work trip to Japan in 1989.
This is an unprocessed collection. Any arrangement reflects either a pre-existing order from the records' creators or previous custodians, or preliminary sorting performed by staff.
Box two contains primarily dismantled scrapbooks, as well as some loose Russia and Korea photographs. Box one contains both photographs and all other materials. The photographs are primarily in labeled envelopes, but not individually identified.
This collection is open and available for research use.
Copyright restrictions apply.
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Preliminary Guide to the Washington State University Office of the President Sam Smith Photos, Memorabilia, etc., 1985-1999 (UA2000-14)
Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries, Pullman, WA.
This material was transferred to WSU Libraries' MASC by Debra Baker of the President's Office on May 18, 2000 and retained as UA2000-14.
(MASC STAFF USE) Consider jointly processing UA2000-14 and MS2005-26.
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