Neil Harrison Smull
Neil Harrison Smull
Neil Harrison Smull, age 90, of Boise, died March 18, 2012, in Boise, Idaho.
Memorial services will be held at 10.30am, Saturday, April 14, 2012 at
the First United Methodist Church Cathedral of the Rockies of Boise.
Arrangements are under the direction of the Alden-Waggoner Funeral Chapel.
Neil was born in St. Francis, Kansas,
January 26, 1922, a son of Charles Ward and Hollis Harrison Smull. He attended schools in Bird City, Kansas, and
graduated from Bird City High School. He
graduated from Kansas State University with a Bachelor of Science degree in
Architecture in 1947. After he served as
a Captain in the U. S. Army in the Pacific theater in World War II, he returned
to Kansas State University to earn the degree Master of Science in Architecture
in 1948. He was recalled to military
service in the Korean War in 1951 and served as induction officer for the State
of Minnesota.
While
at Kansas State University he was active in a number of campus activities and
served as president of Sigma Nu fraternity and as president of the
Interfraternity Council. It was at
Kansas State where he met his future wife, Margaret Ann (Fritz) Massengill,
when they were students. They were
married in Columbus, Georgia, on July 8, 1944, while Neil was stationed at Ft.
Benning, Georgia, during World War II.
Neil
was an instructor of architecture at Kansas State University following his
graduation. After his second tour of
duty with the U. S. Army the family moved to East Lansing, Michigan, where he
was a professor of architecture at Michigan State University. While there he was honored, by election of
the students, as outstanding professor of the year in 1955. The family made many close friends during the
time spent in Michigan. He later taught
at the University of Idaho as a visiting Professor.
Neil
and his family moved to Boise, Idaho, in 1961, where he became a partner in the
architectural firm of CSHQA, then known as Wayland, Cline and Smull. He retired in 1986. Always active in professional and community
affairs, he served as President of the Idaho State Chapter of the American
Institute of Architects, as Chairman of the Idaho State Board of Architectural
Examiners, for ten years as chairman of the Boise City Building Code Committee
and for ten years with the National Committee on Architecture for Education,
A.I.A. as well as a member of the
International Council of Educational Facilities Planners. Neil was a member of the Boise Chamber of
Commerce, the Boise State University Bronco Boosters, the Boise YMCA and in
1980 he was a member of the NASA energy efficiency task force at the Marshall
Space Flight Center, Huntsville, Alabama.
A licensed landscape architect,
as well as a licensed architect, Neil was a member of the American Society of
Landscape Architects. In 1993 Neil was
elected to the College of Fellows of the American Institute of Architects and
was awarded the national Fellowship Medal.
He was the recipient of the Idaho Chapter, American Institute of
Architects “Gold Medal” award of honor in 2001.
Neil
was elected Charter President of the Gem State Kiwanis Club of Boise and
continued his Kiwanis service as Lt. Governor of Division Six, as Governor of
the Utah-Idaho District of Kiwanis and as Chairman of the International
Committee for Major Emphasis Programs.
He was recognized as “Outstanding
District Governor” in 1973. He was a
Kiwanis Foundation Life Fellow, a Kiwanis Hixon Fellow and served for several
years as Kiwanis District Advisor to Key Clubs of Utah and Idaho. In 2001 he received the Kiwanis International
“Tablet of Honor”.
World
travel was an enjoyable time for Neil and his wife in his retirement
years. They formed many close
relationships and special friends from Senegal, Africa, and Beijing, China,
through Association with World Vision International and the People to People
Ambassador Program. They also enjoyed
their travel in the United States.
For
Neil, friendships mattered. It was
evidenced in the affection he had for the many who crossed paths with him along
the way.
Neil
was an ordained elder in the Presbyterian Church. He was elected lay leader, in 1989, and an Honorary
Life Member of the Administrative Board of Boise’s First United Methodist
Church. He was, for many years, active
in leadership of the Men’s Bible Study Fellowship International, as well as the
Light of the Cross Christian Fellowship.
In 1984 he was honored by the Idaho Statesman as a Distinguished
Citizen. He was a member of Hillcrest
Country Club and also a member of the American Legion.
Survivors
include his son Ned Smull of Stockton,
California; his son Scott Smull and daughter-in-law, Wendy, of Encinitas, CA
and San Francisco, CA and their children Shannon Smull of Solana Beach, CA,
Ryan Smull of San Francisco, CA, and Kerry Smull of Solana Beach, CA, and a
niece, Sarah Smull Hatfield of Denver, Colorado.
His wife
Fritz, father and mother, a brother, Dr. Ned Smull, and a nephew, Steve Smull,
preceded him in death.
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