<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/obituaries/robert-leon-smith.html" dsn="news"><item_date>12/07/2010 1:21:00 pm</item_date><category_header>Obituary</category_header><image/><firstname>Robert</firstname><middlename>Leon</middlename><maidenname/><lastname>Smith</lastname><suffix/><graduation-Year>'09</graduation-Year><relationship-to-university>Alumni</relationship-to-university><degree-program-completed/><position-held-at-the-university/><title>Robert Leon Smith</title><author/><type>obituary</type><categories/><relationships><relationship>Alumni</relationship></relationships><main-content>Robert Leon Smith (’09), Decatur. He had worked as a commercial artist, illustrator and cartoonist and was focusing on painting and drawing. At UNT, he was on the Dean’s List and a member of Phi Kappa Phi. He served in the U.S. Air Force and Army National Guard and was a member of the Vietnam Veterans Motorcycle Group, the Wise County Art Association, the Texas Artist Coalition and the Wise County Veterans Group. He was a lifetime member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars.</main-content></item>