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Gorin-Smith was born in Campbellsville to the former Floye Minor (1917–2003) and David Heistand Mitchell (1919-1995). After Floye and David Mitchell divorced, Floye, a bookkeeper, in 1959 married Howard Smith<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.campbellsville.com/wp/2003/04/23/floye-minor-smith/|title=Floye Minor Smith obituary|publisher=campbellsville.com|accessdate=February 25, 2011}}</ref> (1906–1972), the owner of the Taylor County Stockyards. David H. Mitchell as a 1941 graduate in [[economics]] from [[Harvard College]] in [[Cambridge, Massachusetts|Cambridge]], [[Massachusetts]]. He also attended the [[University of Minnesota]], where he studied [[Japan|Japanese]]. His business career was with the Timken Company, which relocated him to [[Cincinnati]] and [[Columbus, Ohio|Columbus]], [[Ohio]]. He was a veteran of the [[United States Army]] in [[World War II]]. Mitchell was a member of Mensa International and the American Numismatic Association.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/KYTAYLOR/2004-03/1079211512|title=David H. Mitchell obituary|publisher=archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com|accessdate=February 25, 2011}}</ref>

Gorin-Smith was born in Campbellsville to the former Floye Minor (1917–2003) and David Heistand Mitchell (1919-1995). After Floye and David Mitchell divorced, Floye, a bookkeeper, in 1959 married Howard Smith<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.campbellsville.com/wp/2003/04/23/floye-minor-smith/|title=Floye Minor Smith obituary|publisher=campbellsville.com|accessdate=February 25, 2011}}</ref> (1906–1972), the owner of the Taylor County Stockyards. David H. Mitchell as a 1941 graduate in [[economics]] from [[Harvard College]] in [[Cambridge, Massachusetts|Cambridge]], [[Massachusetts]]. He also attended the [[University of Minnesota]], where he studied [[Japan|Japanese]]. His business career was with the Timken Company, which relocated him to [[Cincinnati]] and [[Columbus, Ohio|Columbus]], [[Ohio]]. He was a veteran of the [[United States Army]] in [[World War II]]. Mitchell was a member of Mensa International and the American Numismatic Association.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/KYTAYLOR/2004-03/1079211512|title=David H. Mitchell obituary|publisher=archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com|accessdate=February 25, 2011}}</ref>

Betty Jane Mitchell graduated with Bachelor of Arts and Master of Arts from the [[University of Kentucky]] at [[Lexington, Kentucky|Lexington]]. She has also studied at Western Kentucky University in Bowling Green, Middle Tennessee State University in Murfreesboro, [[Tennessee]], and the [[University of Virginia]] at [[Charlottesville, Virginia|Charlottesville]], [[Virginia]]. She formerly taught history for some three decades at Taylor County High School and at [[Southern Baptist]]-affiliated [[Campbellsville University]] in Campbellsville and Lindsey Wilson College in Columbia in Adair County, Kentucky. In 1987, she was a [[J. William Fulbright|Fulbright]] scholar in  the [[Netherlands]].<ref name=awards>{{cite web|url=http://www.campbellsville.edu/Websites/cu/Files/Content/740887/cvilliansum04.pdf|author=Joan C. McKinney|title=Campbellsville University presents second Algernon Sydney Sullivan Awards|page=5|publisher=campbellsville.edu|accessdate=February 25, 2011}}</ref>​

Betty Jane Mitchell graduated with Bachelor of Arts and Master of Arts from the [[University of Kentucky]] at [[Lexington, Kentucky|Lexington]]. She has also studied at Western Kentucky University in Bowling Green, Middle Tennessee State University in Murfreesboro, [[Tennessee]], and the [[University of Virginia]] at [[Charlottesville]], [[Virginia]]. She formerly taught history for some three decades at Taylor County High School and at [[Southern Baptist]]-affiliated [[Campbellsville University]] in Campbellsville and Lindsey Wilson College in Columbia in Adair County, Kentucky. In 1987, she was a [[J. William Fulbright|Fulbright]] scholar in  the [[Netherlands]].<ref name=awards>{{cite web|url=http://www.campbellsville.edu/Websites/cu/Files/Content/740887/cvilliansum04.pdf|author=Joan C. McKinney|title=Campbellsville University presents second Algernon Sydney Sullivan Awards|page=5|publisher=campbellsville.edu|accessdate=February 25, 2011}}</ref>​

Betty Jane Mitchell first married Donald L. Gorin (1940-2000), a Taylor County native and graduate of Campbellsville High School and [[Tennessee Tech University]] in Cookeville,  where he played [[basketball]] and [[baseball]]. He served in the Kentucky National Guard. He was a partner in the firm Blevins-Gorin Construction Company and a founder of Wholesale Hardwood Interiors. In 1990, Don Gorin was named "Kentucky Entrepreneur of the Year" by the accounting firm, [[Ernst & Young]]. The Gorins have a son, Mark Alan Gorin (born ca. 1965) and wife, Deborah, of Carmel, [[Indiana]], and a  daughter, Beth G. Cox (born ca. 1968) and husband Michael Todd Cox (born ca. 1966), of Hendersonville, Tennessee.<ref name=awards/><ref name=dgorin>{{cite web|url=http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/KYTAYLOR/2004-03/1079896325|title=Don Gorin obituary|publisher=archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com|accessdate=February 25, 2011}}</ref> Don Gorin also had a second son by a later marriage, Brandon Gorin, who resided in [[Baltimore]], [[Maryland]], at the time of his father's death.<ref name=dgorin/>​

Betty Jane Mitchell first married Donald L. Gorin (1940-2000), a Taylor County native and graduate of Campbellsville High School and [[Tennessee Tech University]] in Cookeville,  where he played [[basketball]] and [[baseball]]. He served in the Kentucky National Guard. He was a partner in the firm Blevins-Gorin Construction Company and a founder of Wholesale Hardwood Interiors. In 1990, Don Gorin was named "Kentucky Entrepreneur of the Year" by the accounting firm, [[Ernst & Young]]. The Gorins have a son, Mark Alan Gorin (born ca. 1965) and wife, Deborah, of Carmel, [[Indiana]], and a  daughter, Beth G. Cox (born ca. 1968) and husband Michael Todd Cox (born ca. 1966), of Hendersonville, Tennessee.<ref name=awards/><ref name=dgorin>{{cite web|url=http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/KYTAYLOR/2004-03/1079896325|title=Don Gorin obituary|publisher=archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com|accessdate=February 25, 2011}}</ref> Don Gorin also had a second son by a later marriage, Brandon Gorin, who resided in [[Baltimore]], [[Maryland]], at the time of his father's death.<ref name=dgorin/>​

On November 6, 2015, Gorin-Smith received the annual "Award of Distinction" from the Kentucky Historical Society to commend her efforts toward the preservation of state history. Earlier on October 10, she was named the winner of the "Edith S. Bingham Excellence in Preservation Education Award".<ref name=histawards>{{cite web|url=http://www.cknj.com/content/gorin-smith-receives-history-award|title=​Gorin-Smith receives history award: Also presented Excellence in Preservation Education Award|publisher=''Central Kentucky News-Journal''|date=November 16, 2015|accessdate=November 24, 2015}}</ref>​

On November 6, 2015, Gorin-Smith received the annual "Award of Distinction" from the Kentucky Historical Society to commend her efforts toward the preservation of state history. Earlier on October 10, she was named the winner of the "Edith S. Bingham Excellence in Preservation Education Award".<ref name=histawards>{{cite web|url=http://www.cknj.com/content/gorin-smith-receives-history-award|title=​Gorin-Smith receives history award: Also presented Excellence in Preservation Education Award|publisher=''Central Kentucky News-Journal''|date=November 16, 2015|accessdate=November 24, 2015}}</ref>​

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