Genny Smith

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. "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. "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. "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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