Oak Ridge councilors consider making longtime volunteer Ray Smith official city historian
Council members proposed replacing the "honorary" designation and formally naming Ray Smith as Oak Ridge’s city historian, recognizing his decades of community work; council discussed the city librarian's local history specialist position and the value of multiple historians.
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Oak Ridge City Councilors on Monday discussed formally naming volunteer historian Ray Smith as the city’s official historian, removing the prior "honorary" label and recognizing his long record of public work documenting the community’s history.
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