Background
Smith, Albert William was born on August 30, 1856 in Westmoreland, Oneida County, New York, United States. Son of William and Caroline Georgiana (Strong) Smith.
Smith, Albert William was born on August 30, 1856 in Westmoreland, Oneida County, New York, United States. Son of William and Caroline Georgiana (Strong) Smith.
B. Mechanical Engineering, Cornell, 1878, Master of Mechanical Engineering, 1886.
Assistant professor mechanic engineering, Sibley College, Cornell Univercity, 1887-1891. Professor machine design, University of Wisconsin, 1891-1892. Professor mechanic engineering, Stanford University, 1892-1904.
Director Sibley College, Cornell Univercity, 1904-1915, dean, 1915-1921, and acting president Cornell Univercity, 1920-1921 (retired).
Member American Society of Mechanical Engineers.
Married Ruby Green Bell, August 16, 1905. Children: Alpheus, Dorothy (Mistress Harold Raynolds), Ruth Althea (Mistress Robert P. Ludlum).