Background
Smith, Arnold was born on January 18, 1915 in Toronto. Son of Victor Arnold and Sarah Cory (Cantwell) Smith.
Smith, Arnold was born on January 18, 1915 in Toronto. Son of Victor Arnold and Sarah Cory (Cantwell) Smith.
Upper Canada College, Toronto, Lycee Champolbon, Grenoble, University of Toronto, Oxford (Christ Church) and Gray’s Inn, London.
Assistant Professor, of Economics, Tartu (Estonia) University 1939-1940. Director National Defence College, of Canada 1947-1949. Alternate Representative of Canada on United Nations Security Council and Atomic Energy Commission, and Principal Adviser to Canadian Delegate, Lake Success 1949-1950.
Counsellor, Canadian Embassy, Brussels 1950-1953.
Special Assistant to Secretary of State for External Affairs, Ottawa 1953-1955. Commander Institute Truce Commission, Cambodia 1955-1956.
Canadian Minister, London 1956-1958. Ambassador to U.A.R. 1958-1961, Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics 1961-1963.
Assistant UnderSec. of State for External Affairs, Ottawa 1963-1965.
Elected First Secretary-General of the Commonwealth 1965-1975. Visiting Centenary Professor, Toronto University 1967. Lester; Professor, of Institute Affairs, Carleton University, Ottawa 1975-1981, now Adjunct Professor.
Ida Green Visiting Professor, University of.
Chairman North-South Institute, Hudson Institute of Canada, Institute Peace Academy. Honorary President Canadian Bureau for Institute Education.
Honorary President Canadian Mediterranean Institute since 1981. Life Vice-President Royal Commonwealth Society.
Trustee Hudson Institute, New Jersey 1976-1981.
Cambridge University Commonwealth Trust since 1982. Governor Newsconcem Institute Foundation since 1983.
University College Committee, University of Toronto since 1982.
Married 1st Evelyn Hardwick Stewart in 1938 (died in 1987). Married 2nd Frances McFarland Lee in 1989.