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Established in 1983 by Mr. and Mrs. Kelvin Smith (Eleanor Armstrong 1917) and their daughter Lucia Smith Nash 1946, this chair perpetuates the same standards of excellence in English preparation that influenced Mrs. Smith's early education under the principal and English teacher Mary E. Raymond. It was Mrs. Smith's belief in the preeminent value of a strong English department that prompted the establishment of the Smith Chair in English. Upper School English Teacher Marty Frazier is the 2019 - 2024 Eleanor & Kelvin Smith Chair in English recipient.

Previous Recipients

2013 - 2019 Jamie Mueller
2009 - 2013 Patricia Gefert
2004 - 2009 Lois Cameron
1999 - 2004 Susan Levitan
1994 - 1999 Pauline Thornton
1989 - 1994 Clyde Henry
1984 - 1989 Kavita Hosali-Syed