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Dr. Evelyn L. Lewis, Professor Emerita, taught 37 years in
primary, secondary, and higher education. She developed curricula for
the Arizona Department of Education and prepared training programs
for Coconino County career education. Lewis also served Flagstaff’s
Habitat for Humanity as a volunteer.
Dr. Carolyn Turner Smith is Professor Emerita, Department
of Family and Consumer Sciences, North Carolina Agricultural and
Technical State University, Greensboro. Currently, she serves as Adjunct
Professor in Interior Design at High Point University, High Point, North
Carolina, where she teaches a global issues course in international
housing. Dr. Smith has taught housing and resource management at
the college level, particularly for preparing students to teach courses
in high school housing and interior design. Also, she has conducted
research on housing for populations with special needs, residential
energy effi ciency, and renewable energy applications. Smith served on
the board of directors as a national offi cer for the American Association
of Family and Consumer Sciences (AAFCS). She is past president of the
North Carolina Association of Family and Consumer Sciences and the
national Housing Education and Research Association. Dr. Smith has
served on the States Energy Advisory Board for the U. S. Department of
Energy and on the Executive Advisory Board for the U. S. Department of
Homeland Security. She serves on housing boards at the local, state, and
national levels.
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