Mr. Ralph Harrison Smith II

Memberships

Professional Activities and Honors

•Association of American Rhodes Scholars, President (2016)
•Named a Distinguished Friend of Oxford in 2015 for his service to Oxford University and the Rhodes Trust
•Alabama Rhodes Scholarship Selection Committee (1982-1987, 1998 to date
Alabama Secretary, 2003-2004
Alabama, Florida, Mississippi, and Louisiana District Secretary, 2004 to date)
•Alabama State Bar
•American Bar Association (Site Visit Accreditation Team, George Mason University School of Law, 2007)
•American Trust for Oxford University (Administrator, 2008 to date)
•Association of American Rhodes Scholars (Director, 2006 to date
Member, Executive Committee, 2008 to date)
•Birmingham-Southern College (Member, Honors Scholarship Selection Committee, 1987
Member, President's Advisory Council, 1987-1988)
•Delegate and Presenter to Rhodes Trust 110th Anniversary Conference (Oxford, England, September 2013)
•Delegate to Rhodes Trust Centenary Reunion and Conferences (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, July 2005
London/Oxford, England, July 2003
Cape Town, South Africa, January 2003)
•District of Columbia Bar
•Farrah Law Society, University of Alabama School of Law (Director, 2004-2013)
•Global Innovation Alliance (Co-founder, 2012)
•The University of the South (Member, Visiting Committee College of Arts and Sciences, 2008-2010)
•UAB Leadership Council (1988-1991)
•University of Alabama (Special Advisor for International Trade and Economic Development, 2012-2013)
•University of Alabama Honors College (Adjunct Professor, 2005-2013
Board of Visitors, 2006-2007)
•University of Alabama Law School Foundation (Director, 2008-2013)
•University of Alabama School of Law (Distinguished Lecturer of Law, 2005-2013)
•University of Alabama System Delegation to India (March 2011) and Argentina (June 2012) promoting Academic Collaboration and Economic Development
•Washington & Lee University Alumni Association (President, Birmingham Chapter, 1985-1986)
•Washington & Lee University Capital Campaign (1990-1995, 1998-2003)
•Yale Law School Association (Member, Executive Committee, 1990-1993)
•Yale Law School Fund (Director, 1982-1987)

Civic/Community Activities and Honors

•Alabama Law Foundation (fellow, 2008 to date)
•Alabama School of Fine Arts Foundation (Director, 1993-1998)
•American Bar Association Center for Racial and Ethnic Diversity (2008-2010)
•Birmingham Committee on Foreign Relations (Director, 1996-2002)
•Birmingham Regional Chamber of Commerce (Director, 2001-2004
Trustee, 1993-2000)
•Episcopal Diocese of Alabama (Chancellor, 2000-2003)
•Episcopal Foundation of Jefferson County, St. Martin's In-The-Pines Nursing and Retirement Community (Trustee, 1988-1990
President, 1990)
•Highlands Day School (Trustee, 1985-1989)
•Leadership Birmingham (1988)
•Mountain Brook City Schools Foundation (Founding Director, 1993)
•Order of St. John (2013 to date)
•Oxford University (Recipient of the Distinguished Friend of Oxford Award, 2015)
•Rotaract Club of Birmingham (Recipient of The Mentor Birmingham Award, 2012)
•Rotary Club of Birmingham (Director/Vice-President, 1988-1989, 1990-1991, 2001-2002, 2010-2012
Paul Harris Fellow)
•Saint Luke's Episcopal Church (Vestry, 1988-1991, 1996-1999
Junior Warden, 1989-1990
Senior Warden, 1990-1991)