Background
Smith, Tom K. was born on September 4, 1882 in Glenwood, Schuyler County, Missouri, United States. Son of Ambrose Henry Flood and Celeste (O’Day) Smith.
Smith, Tom K. was born on September 4, 1882 in Glenwood, Schuyler County, Missouri, United States. Son of Ambrose Henry Flood and Celeste (O’Day) Smith.
Bachelor of Arts, U of Missouri, 1904, Doctor of Laws, 1935. Doctor of Laws, Westminster College, 1952.
Bond buyer and salesman with Little & Hays, Saint Louis, 1905-1910. Secretary and treasurer William R. Compton Company, Saint Louis, 1910-1915. Vice president Kauffman, Smith & Company, Incorporated., 1915-1929.
President Boatmen’s National Bank, 1929-1947, Chairman of the Board, since 1947.
Director American Telephone & Telephone Company, 1940-1959.
Member Executive Committee, director General American Life Insurance Company. Director Federal Reserve Bank, Saint Louis, 1945-1950, Ann Arbor Railroad Company, Wabash Railway Company Vice chairman Liberty Loan Organisation, 8th Federal District, 1917-1919.
Member Saint Louis War Finance Committee 1942-1945.
Vice president Children’s Aid Society, 1919-1933. Member of the Board of Governors Investment Bankers Association of America, 1923-1925, vice president, 1926. Trustee Community Fund of Saint Louis, 1923-1927, chairman budget committee, 1925.
Member board Saint Louis chapter American Red Cross, 1928-1931.
Chairman Saint Louis Citizens Committee on Relief and Unemployment, 1931-1932 (in recognition of outstanding work on this committee received Saint Louis Civic Award, 1932). Member National and Missouri committees on unemployment relief, 1932.
Member of advisory committee, Saint Louis Loan Agency, R.F.C., 1932-1953. Special advisory on banks and banking matters to secretary of treasurer, 1933-1934, 1939-1940.
Financial advisory to Office of Procurement and Material, United States Navy, 1942-1943.
Member of advisory committee Saint Louis Ordinance District, 1943-1946. Member board curators, University of Missouri, 1939-1945, president, 1944-1945. President of the board of trustees Phi Gamma Delta, 1934-1946.
Member National Citizens Committee on Mobilization for Human Needs, 1935-1942 (chairman 1941-1942).
Director Community Chests and Councils, Incorporated., 1936-1945, member National Citizen’s Committee, Community Chests of America, since 1946. Member board directors National War Fund, 1943-1946.
Chairman Saint Louis Social Security Commission, 1937-1939. Member Civic Progress Incorporated., Saint Louis, 1953-1958.
Chairman Saint Louis Citizens Charter Committee, 1956.
Member Executive Committee, director General American Life Insurance Company. Member Saint Louis War Finance Committee 1942-1945. Member of the Board of Governors Investment Bankers Association of America, 1923-1925, vice president, 1926.
Member board Saint Louis chapter American Red Cross, 1928-1931.
Member National and Missouri committees on unemployment relief, 1932. Member of advisory committee, Saint Louis Loan Agency, R.F.C., 1932-1953.
Member of advisory committee Saint Louis Ordinance District, 1943-1946. Member board curators, University of Missouri, 1939-1945, president, 1944-1945.
Member National Citizens Committee on Mobilization for Human Needs, 1935-1942 (chairman 1941-1942).
Member board directors National War Fund, 1943-1946. Member Civic Progress Incorporated., Saint Louis, 1953-1958. Member American Bankers Association (Vice-President 1934-1935, president 1936-1937), Phi Gamma Delta, Phi Beta Kappa, Beta Gamma Sigma.
Clubs: University (president, 1927), Noonday (president, 1926), Saint Louis Country, Cuivre.
Married Jane Howard Wells, April 27, 1916. Children: Tom K., Junior.