Virgil Bushman Smith

Sharing our Links to the Past
by Wally and Frances Gray

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Virgil Bushman Smith (1925-1998)

The Bushman Family History by Newbern Butt, pp. 172,174

Virgil Bushman Smith, born 4 January 1925, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada. Residence: Salt Lake City, Utah. Received his B. S. Degree in 1951 and M. S. Degree in 1954 from BYU; edited the Wye literary magazine at BYU 1952-53. Army basic training 1943; technical training in radio and weather observations; embarked for Europe 1945 and served in England, France, Germany, etc.; returned 1946. Appointed editorial assistant for the Deseret Sunday School in October 1954. His poems are included in various magazines and some are found in Vol. 3 of “Utah Sings.” His M. S. Thesis is on “Mormon Education 1830-1844.” He served a mission to the North Central States 1946-48 and was District President. He married 31 August 1953, Salt Lake Temple, Carol Ann Fischer, daughter of Frank Truman Fisher and Nellie Rex Smith. She was born 2 January 1934, Taft, California.

Note: Virgil Bushman Smith’s Master’s Theses is available online at the HBLL at BYU at

http://patriot.lib.byu.edu/cdm4/document.php?CISOROOT=/MTNZ&CISOPTR=22820

[Death Date from Ancestral File]