Smith Memorial Student Union, Student union building at Portland State University, United States
Smith Memorial Student Union is a building at Portland State University designed in the International Style, featuring clean lines and functional spaces organized across multiple levels. It combines dining areas, meeting rooms, student government offices, and recreation facilities to serve the campus community.
The building is named after Michael Smith (1944–1968), a Portland State student who later became a graduate teaching assistant. The sources record no construction dates or architects, so the 1957–1965 timeline and the multiple-firm attribution cannot be confirmed. The name commemorates Smith's role at the university.
The union carries the name of Michael Smith, a PSU student and later graduate teaching assistant who lived from 1944 to 1968; the building commemorates him. Students pass through it daily for group meetings, dining and campus services.
The building stands on the Portland State University campus in Portland, Oregon, at the coordinates 45.51180, -122.68400, near the campus core rather than the city centre. Visitors reach it on foot from the surrounding campus blocks; the sources give no parking, transit or signage details.
The building honours Michael Smith, a PSU student and later graduate teaching assistant who lived from 1944 to 1968; he died before completing his graduate work, and the union carries his name.
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