J. Philip Smith

J. Philip Smith has considerable familiarity with Southern and the history of the four state universities. He served Southern in various key leadership roles between 1965 and 2005: professor of mathematics; chairman of the Department of Mathematics; dean of Arts and Sciences; vice president of academic affairs; and interim president. He currently teaches in Southern’s Honors College, is a visiting professor at Columbia University and lectures for the Institute for Learning in Retirement in New Haven. His community involvement includes New Haven’s Community Soup Kitchen, where he is treasurer, the Elm Shakespeare Company, WIKS-USA, and the town of Orange’s Rotary Club and Finance Board. Smith is a member of the SCSU Foundation’s development committee.