Professor Smith, who wrote extensively in metaphysics (especially the philosophy of time) and philosophy of religion, taught for more than two decades at Western Michigan University, which had and continues to have one of the stronger terminal MA programs in the country. Outside his areas of specialization, he also became well-known for championing the misleading idea that the core elements of Kripke's new theory of meaning and reference were really due to Ruth Barcan Marcus; Stephen Neale (CUNY) wrote a decisive refutation of this a number of years ago.
An obituary for Professor Smith is here.
(Thanks to Glenn Branch for the pointer.)
ADDENDUM: You can see the Neale essay here.
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