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Show OLENE SMITH Elected 1980 WALKER to 1988 alene Smith Walker was born in Ogden, Utah on November 15, 1930 to Thomas ale Smith and Nina H. Smith. Her father was a teacher, principal and superintendent of Ogden City schools, and a stake president in the LDS church. Her mother was a teacher also. In addition they owned a 140 acre farm. Her father said the farm was his "golf game", and Olene and her 3 brothers and one sister had to learn to play by thinning beets, planting tomatoes, potatoes and milking cows. She graduated from Weber High School, went on to Weber College and where she participated in debate, was president of several clubs, served in the senate, was in White Key and elected as first vice-president of the student body in 1952-53. BYU alene was first attendant to the Homecoming Queen at BYU, and met her husband while riding on a float. Myron Walker was giving directions as a member of the Blue Key, and Student Body Business Manager. alene majored in and science, minored in history, political obtained a teaching certificate. She debated between going to law school and teaching at the University level. Teaching won and she accepted a scholarship to Stanford University to get her Masters degree in Political Theory. She served as an assistant to the Dean of Women there. Pacific 1954 and moved to in Grove, in the finance corp at Fort Ord. The next few "years were busy with moves and children. Stephen, David, Bryan, Lori, Mylene, Nena and Tom. All born in different places. alene and California With Myron married where Myron was children in shcool, alene was busy in PTA. She served as High and Bryant Jr. High; vice president of and president of Salt Lake Secondary Council. served as Education Chair on the utah League of Women seven president at East Lowell Elementary, She also Voters. In it 1969, Myron decided that if he was going to work 12 hours a day, and he bought Country Chrisp Foods. woul d be for himsel f, Eventually the whole family worked for the company. went to school, o l ene work'ed for an educational She spent the next four years mainly evaluating U.S. Office of Education. Then she became director of-an Emergency School Aid Act (ESAA) prgram for Salt "Lake an Olene de cd ded toget her PH.D. that here was District. It education Administration. She completed her degree in 1984. When all the kids consulting firm. projects for the Schol 23 |
