Genny Smith (1922 - March 4, 2018)[1] was a publisher and editor of guidebooks about the Eastern Sierra Nevada and the Owens Valley of California, United States.[2] Her writings about the history, geology and biology of the region had caused her to be dubbed "the Naturalist Queen of the Eastern Sierra".[3][1]

Starting in 1958, Smith lobbied against a Trans-Sierra Highway starting at Minaret Summit near Mammoth Lakes, California.[4] Smith and other residents of Mammoth worked with Norman Livermore to convince Governor Ronald Reagan to cancel the road in 1972.[4][5]

She received a B.A. degree from Reed College in 1943.[6][7] She a resident of Cupertino, California,[8] while spending her summers in Mammoth Lakes, California.[7] She was formerly on the board of directors of the Mono Lake Committee.[9]

Smith received the Andrea Lawrence Award from the Mono Lake Committee in 2017, for her guidebook writing and work in preventing the trans-Sierra road.[10]

References

  1. 1 2 "Genny Smith: 1922 - 2018". The Sheet. Retrieved 30 July 2019.
  2. ↑ "Author Bio". Sierra East: Genny Smith, editor. University of California Press. Retrieved 2009-06-08.
  3. ↑ Bates, Colleen Dunn (2004). Mammoth from the inside: the honest guide to Mammoth and the Eastern Sierra. Prospect Park Publishing. p. 229. ISBN 0-9753939-0-1. Retrieved September 15, 2011.
  4. 1 2 "Love the Wild Sierra? Thank Genny Smith" (PDF). The Sheet. October 1, 2016.
  5. ↑ "Trans-Sierra Highway". National Park Service.
  6. ↑ "Genevieve Hall Smith '43". Reed Magazine. June 2018.
  7. 1 2 "Genny Smith Books on the Eastern Sierra". Our Publications. Live Oak Press. Archived from the original on 2009-08-23. Retrieved 2009-06-08.
  8. ↑ "Adventuresome Hiker and Author Genny Smith" (PDF). Focus on Retirement Living. 2003. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-16.
  9. ↑ "2006 Annual Report" (PDF). Mono Lake Committee. 2006.
  10. ↑ "2017 Andrea Lawrence Award presented to Genny Smith". Mono Lake Committee.


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