<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/obituaries/vernon-smythe.html" dsn="news"><item_date>12/12/2013 5:51:00 pm</item_date><category_header>Obituary</category_header><image/><firstname>Vernon</firstname><middlename>Lamar</middlename><maidenname/><lastname>Smythe</lastname><suffix/><graduation-Year>'52</graduation-Year><relationship-to-university>Alumni</relationship-to-university><degree-program-completed/><position-held-at-the-university/><title>Vernon Smythe</title><author/><type>obituary</type><categories/><relationships><relationship>Alumni</relationship></relationships><main-content>Vernon Lamar Smythe (’52), Houston. He served in U.S. Army Intelligence, including two years in Vietnam, and had a 25-year career with the Veteran’s Administration in Houston. He also supported animal welfare causes.</main-content></item>