NewsMay 6, 2001
JACKSON PROFILE: SKIP SMITH
Name: Skip Smith Lives in: Jackson Family: Consists of Kathy, wife, and two daughters; Sarah and Kristin. Job: Professor in marketing at Southeast Missouri State University. What you like most about the area: The ruralness and natural environment which is familiar to Skip, growing up in rural Vermont. He also likes the reasonable cost of living and the fact that the quality of life has improved over the last decade. Cultural events and shopping options have blossomed...
Name: Skip Smith
Lives in: Jackson
Family: Consists of Kathy, wife, and two daughters; Sarah and Kristin.
Job: Professor in marketing at Southeast Missouri State University.
What you like most about the area: The ruralness and natural environment which is familiar to Skip, growing up in rural Vermont. He also likes the reasonable cost of living and the fact that the quality of life has improved over the last decade. Cultural events and shopping options have blossomed.
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Favorite food: Barbecue sandwich.
Favorite TV show: Doesn't watch.
Best advice: Get enough education so that your earning potential will fulfill your desired lifestyle and enable more opportunities.
Person you most admire: Paul Simon, professor at Southern Illinois University at Carbondale and director of Public Policy Institute. Together Smith and Simon partnered up to bring former president of Nigeria to Southeast Missouri State and SIU, to speak.
What would you do if you won the lottery? Doesn't play.
Pet peeve: Not enough time.
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