Mark Smith (born May 17, 1956) is an American fencer, engineer and educator. He competed in the team

foil Foil may refer to: Materials * Foil (metal), a quite thin sheet of metal, usually manufactured with a rolling mill machine * Metal leaf, a very thin sheet of decorative metal * Aluminium foil, a type of wrapping for food * Tin foil, metal foil ma ...

event at the

1984 Summer Olympics The 1984 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXIII Olympiad and commonly known as Los Angeles 1984) were an international multi-sport event held from July 28 to August 12, 1984, in Los Angeles, California, United States. It marked the ...

. From 2003 to 2009, he served as the 18th head of

Purdue University School of Electrical and Computer Engineering The Elmore Family School of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) is the largest academic unit at Purdue University College of Engineering. The School of ECE offers both undergraduate Bachelor of Science, B.S. degree as well as master's degr ...

. Smith is now the dean of the graduate school at the

University of Texas at Austin The University of Texas at Austin (UT Austin, UT, or Texas) is a public university, public research university in Austin, Texas, United States. Founded in 1883, it is the flagship institution of the University of Texas System. With 53,082 stud ...

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* 1956 births Living people American male foil fencers Olympic fencers for the United States Fencers at the 1984 Summer Olympics Fencers from New York City Purdue University faculty University of Texas at Austin faculty Fencers at the 1983 Pan American Games Pan American Games silver medalists for the United States in fencing 20th-century American sportsmen {{US-fencing-bio-stub