It took him 16 years of studying part time on nights and weekends while working full time and raising a family to complete his engineering degree at UB, but Felix Smist, B.S. ’65, of North Tonawanda, N.Y., kept at it. To honor his father and help students who experience similar situations, Felix’s son James Smist, B.S. ’80, and his wife, Mary, have established the Felix Smist Scholarship at UB with their gift of $30,000.

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Capen, Crofts, and Emily Webster by Christopher Densmore

The first thing you do when you’ve got an endowment of five million dollars is you need a treasurer. So the first university-wide officer at the University was George Crofts, who was the treasurer.... | More