A former Slippery Rock University president and community member has died.
Dr. G. Warren Smith passed away on December 16th.
The Kansas City native came to the Butler community in 1997 when he was named the 14th president of Slippery Rock University.
Smith served in that role until 2003.
He was quite fond of classical music, playing with the Butler County Symphony and the university’s orchestra. He discussed those times with the SRU Library back in 2008.
“It was the one way that every week that I had a chance to be surrounded by 60 to 80 students, and talk with them about student concerns and what was happening at the student level on campus,” Smith said.
He also served in leadership roles with the Boy Scouts, rotary, and Slippery Rock Township Zoning Board.
A memorial will be arranged at a later date.
Smith was 80.
