Memorial Scholarships To learn more about memorial scholarships, contact Jason Caniglia at 405-385-5155 or email jcaniglia@osugiving.com Billy Joe ‘B.J.’ Smith, fine arts,’55, and emeritus art professor, died Jan. 26, 2012, at age 80. Mr. Smith served as the director of the Gardiner Art Gallery, which he started in 1965, for 29 years before retiring in June 1994. A 1950 graduate of Guymon (Okla.) High School, he received a bachelor’s degree in fine arts fromOklahoma A&M College in 1955. After serving in the U.S. Army Corp of Engineers with a commission fromOAMC’s ROTC between 1955 and 1957, he earned a master’s degree in fine arts in 1959 from the University of Oklahoma. Mr. Smith l ived in the San Francisco Bay Area between 1959 and 1961 and attended the University of California, Berkeley’s College of Education in 1961. Returning to Oklahoma, he worked at the Oklahoma Art Center, now the Oklahoma City Museum of Art, as its assistant director from 1961 until 1965. In August 1965, he was hired by OSU’s Department of Art to start its first full-time gallery. He ran OSU’s gallery as a staff of one, hanging 11 shows a year until his retirement. Mr. Smith’s painted artworks are in the permanent collections of the Fred Jones Museum of Art, University of Oklahoma, Norman; Oklahoma State Collection of Artists and Craftsmen, Oklahoma City; Oklahoma City Museum of Art; Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha, Neb.; and numerous private collections. Since 1978, he has been listed in Who’s Who in American Art. He also is included in Who’s Who in the South and Southwest and Men of Achievement. Mr. Smith is survived by a brother, George Smith and his wife, Marion of Westminster, Colo. His professional affiliations included Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia, National Patrons of Phi Beta Mu, College Band Directors Association, Music Educators National Conference and American Bandmasters Association. He was a member of two honorary band societies, Kappa Kappa Psi and Tau Beta Sigma. He was also a member and served as president of the Oklahoma unit of the National Association of Jazz Educators. In addition to his wife, he is survived by five children: Pamela Reding and her husband, Chris, of Stillwater, Paula Lindon and her husband, Darin, of Colorado Springs, Colo., Frank Montemurro and his wife, Ashley, Millicent Montemurro and Megan Montemurro, all of St. Joseph, Mo., and a sister, Antoinette Castelvecchi and her husband, Leroy, of Dundee, Ill. You may not be thinking about coming back home today. okstate.edu cas.okstate.edu twitter.com/OSUartssciences orangeconnection.org osugiving.com until then, CONNECT with us at But you will.
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