Family
Gordon W. Smith was married, until her death in 1998, to Beverley Taylor Smith, a Fort Worth civic leader, actress, and host in the late 1950s and early 1960s of a local television show, the Ann Alden Show, who was also for many years chairman of the Cliburn Concerts division of the Van Cliburn Foundation. In his late wife’s honor, Smith and his son and daughter, Gordon Dee Smith and Beverley Blaine Smith, have funded the Beverley Taylor Smith Award for the Best Performance of a New Work, which is awarded to a competitor at the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition every four years for the best performance of a new work by an American composer, chosen through the American Composers Invitational of the Van Cliburn Foundation.
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Famous quotes containing the word family:
“It seems to me that upbringings have themes. The parents set the theme, either explicitly or implicitly, and the children pick it up, sometimes accurately and sometimes not so accurately.... The theme may be “Our family has a distinguished heritage that you must live up to” or “No matter what happens, we are fortunate to be together in this lovely corner of the earth” or “We have worked hard so that you can have the opportunities we didn’t have.””
—Calvin Trillin (20th century)
“The family is constantly changing, as each member changes. Some changes we recognize as developments, and the pleasure they bring usually makes us more adaptable. Some changes threaten, or disappoint other members, who may try to resist the change, or punish someone for changing.”
—Terri Apter (20th century)
“Children’s lives are not shaped solely by their families or immediate surroundings at large. That is why we must avoid the false dichotomy that says only government or only family is responsible. . . . Personal values and national policies must both play a role.”
—Hillary Rodham Clinton (20th century)