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Myron Crenshaw Smith, M.D.
Myron
Crenshaw Smith, M.D., is the son of Lt. Col. Myron P.
Smith and Mary Louise Crenshaw. He is married to
Marguerite (McNierney) Smith and they reside in Greeley,
Colorado. They have a daughter, Roxane Smith and a son
Myron M. Smith both of Greeley.
Dr. Smith
was raised in a military family where frequent moves
were the norm. Born in Baltimore, MD, his father’s
military career took the family to China, Japan, Germany
and many different parts of the U.S. before settling in
Colorado. Dr. Smith attended the
University of Colorado
and after receiving a BA degree in Chemistry he would go
on to attend the
University of Colorado Medical
School in Denver where he received an MD
degree in 1968. After a four-year residency in
Pathology at St. Lukes Hospital in Denver, he spent two
years as a Staff Pathologist assigned to the Naval
Hospital at the Pensacola Naval Air Station in
Pensacola, Florida.
After
discharge from the Navy, Dr. Smith joined a pathology
group at North Colorado Medical Center in Greeley,
Colorado where he practiced general pathology for 25
years until his retirement in 1999. Since retiring he
and his wife enjoy traveling and visiting many different
countries and cultures around the world. Dr. Smith has
also done an extensive amount of genealogical research
on both his and his wife’s family and his authored
several different articles for genealogical journals and
websites.
Memberships
* Society of the Cincinnati (Massachusetts Society)
* General Society of Colonial Wars (Registrar Colorado
Society)
* Saint Nicholas Society of the City of New York
* Order of Indian Wars of the United States
* Order of Descendants of Colonial Cavaliers
* General Society of the War of 1812
* Order of the Crown of Charlemagne in the United States
of America
* Baronial Order of Magna Carta
* Order of the Merovingian Dynasty
* Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company of
Massachusetts
* Veteran Corps of Artillery in the State of New York
* Military Society of the War of 1812
* Huguenot Society of America
* Order of Lafayette
* Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United
States
* Society of Descendants of the Colonial Clergy
* National Society of Old Plymouth Colony Descendants
* Hereditary Order of the Descendants of Colonial
Governors
* Order of Descendants of Colonial Physicians and
Chirurgiens
* Descendants of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery
Company
* Hereditary Order of Descendants of the Loyalist and
Patriots of the
American Revolution
* National Society Sons of the American Revolution
* General Society, Sons of the Revolution
* General Society of Mayflower Descendants (Surgeon
Colorado Mayflower
Society)
* Society of the Descendants of Washington’s Army at
Valley Forge
* Order of Descendants of Pirates & Privateers
* Sons of Spanish-American War Veterans
* Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War
* Military Order of Stars and Bars
* Sons of Confederate Veterans
* National Order of the Blue and Gray
* Military Order of the World Wars
* Military Order of Foreign Wars of the United States
* Military Order of the Carabao
* Military Order of the Southern Cross
* Order of the First World War
* Order of the Second World War
* Naval Order of the United States
* Descendants of Founders of New Jersey
* First Families of Massachusetts
* Sons and Daughters of the First Settlers of Newbury,
Mass
* Order of the First Families of Rhode Island and
Providence Plantation
1636-1647
* Order of the First Families of Maine
* Order of First Families of Connecticut 1633-1662
* Society of First Families of South Carolina 1670-1700
* Order of the First Families of Maryland
* Descendant of the Founders of Ancient Windsor
* National Society Sons of Colonial New England
* National Society of Sons of the American Colonists
* Sons and Daughters of the Colonial and Antebellum
Bench & Bar
* Guild of Colonial Artisans and Tradesmen 1607-1783
* National Society Sons and Daughters of Antebellum
Planters 1607-1861
* Plymouth Hereditary Society
* Flagon and Trencher – Descendants of Colonial
Tavernkeepers
* National Society Sons and Daughters of the Pilgrims
* Order of Americans of Armorial Ancestry
* National Society Magna Charta Dames and Barons
* Colonial Order of the Crown
* Descendants of the Knights of Bath
* Noble Society of Celts
* Plantagenet Society
* Presidential Families of America
* Hereditary Order of the Families of the Presidents and
First Ladies of
America
* National Society Descendants of Early Quakers
* National Huguenot Society
* Descendants of Whaling Masters, Inc
* Winthrop Society
*
Piscataqua
Pioneers
* Scotch-Irish Society of the United States of America
* Order of the First Families of New Hampshire
Other Notes
Besides traveling and genealogy, Dr. Smith was very
active in the Longs Peak Council of the Boy Scouts of
America for over 20 years. He and his father were Eagle
Scouts but one of his proudest moments was when his son
became a third generation Eagle Scout. His wife and
daughter were also very active in Camp Fire and his
daughter was awarded the WoHeLo Award, Campfires highest
award. Dr. Smith served in numerous roles in the Longs
Peak Council including Vice President for all Council
Programs. He was active in both the Cub Scouts and Boy
Scouts programs and was able to attend two National
Jamborees at Ft. A.P. Hill, Virginia and one World
Jamboree in Holland as part of the National BSA Staff.
Both in
his youth and during the early part of his professional
career in Greeley, Dr. Smith enjoyed model railroading
both at the individual and organized levels. He
eventually served as the National Model Railroad
Association Vice President for the Rocky Mountain Region
during the early 1990's. Contest modeling was also
something that he always enjoyed and in 1985 he entered
the model contest at the annual NMRA International
Convention in Kansas City and was lucky enough to win
the Gold Award for Best in Show for his scratch built
model caboose.
For a
number of years, Dr. Smith has enjoyed participating as
a volunteer in a weekly reading program for first and
second graders at a local elementary school. He feels
that the opportunity to help young children learn to
read is extremely rewarding at many levels and besides
that, it’s great fun. Each week is a new experience.
Dr. Smith
belongs to a large number of lineage societies and
really enjoys proving, in detail, a specific line of
descent for one of his ancestors. He enjoys the
challenge of doing the research required to prove one of
those difficult lines of descent for an obscure ancestor
in enough detail to satisfy the experts. In several
cases, these efforts have uncovered new information
about these ancestors that was previously unknown. In
1999 Dr. Smith became a Kentucky Colonel.
Dr. Smith
and his wife’s proudest accomplishment was the raising
of their son and daughter.
It is
deeply rewarding to share their later years with two
wonderful, responsible, and successful adults and their
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