Jennifer M. Smith ’71 MAT

Jennifer M. Smith ’71 MAT, of Eugene, Ore.; May 1, from skin cancer and Alzheimer’s disease complications. After graduating from Brown, she spent a year in Monterey, Mexico, teaching English at Berlitz School and living with a Mexican family. She returned to teach high school Spanish in Lodi, Calif., for three years, which was also when she changed her first name to Jennifer (she was born Miriam Bernice Smith). In 1976, she earned a master’s degree in Spanish from the University of Oregon and went on to teach junior high school Spanish in Eugene. In 1978, she received her third and final graduate degree, this one in library science, and went on to work as a librarian at the Eugene Public Library from 1980 until her retirement in 2003. In addition to having an interest in genealogy, she was an accomplished musician and sang in the choir at St. Mary’s Episcopal Church and in the Women’s Choral Group. She also played violin in the Eugene Community Orchestra and the flute in her later years. Phi Beta Kappa. She is survived by a sister, a brother, and six nieces and nephews.