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He was born on September 21, 1804 in Amherst, New Hampshire, United States, the son of Dr. Rogers and Sally (Dodge) Smith. Most of his childhood was spent at Weston.
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He was born on September 21, 1804 in Amherst, New Hampshire, United States, the son of Dr. Rogers and Sally (Dodge) Smith. Most of his childhood was spent at Weston.
At sixteen he was apprenticed to a printer in Windsor.
At the age of twenty he entered Kimball Union Academy; in 1830 he graduated from Dartmouth College; and in 1834, from the Andover Theological Seminary.
During his apprenticeship his religious interests were aroused and he began to look forward to a career in the ministry.
At once after Seminary he accepted a call to the only pastorate he ever held, that of the newly formed Brainerd Presbyterian Church in New York City. In addition to his pastoral work, Smith was active in the affairs of his denomination, serving as a trustee of the Union Theological Seminary and as a member of the controlling boards of several Presbyterian societies.
In 1863 he became seventh president of Dartmouth College. Financially, however, the administration was less fruitful. Large donations were received for other purposes, but many of the gifts were restricted to special uses and were in the form of accumulating funds not immediately available; consequently, the institution had the utmost difficulty in meeting current obligations.
The burden on the president increased from year to year, and finally, March 1, 1877, his health having given way, he resigned his office.
While he was a student at Andover he published Letters to a Young Student (1832), many of his sermons and addresses appeared in pamphlet form, and he was a frequent contributor to the periodical press.
His death occurred at Hanover, New Hampshire.
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His point of view was ultra-conservative, and no innovations from established practice marked his administration.
Tall, erect, of great dignity and urbanity of manner, he looked the part of the college president. He was remarkably fluent of speech, self-possessed, and never at a loss for a telling phrase. He was genuinely solicitous for the students and sincerely charitable, his personal donations being large in proportion to his income.
Withal, he was not soft as an administrator and there was no relaxation of discipline during his term of office.
On November 9, 1836, he married Sarah Ann Adams of North Andover, Massachussets. They had seven children. Asa Dodge's son William Thayer Smith (1839–1909) was the first person to perform a surgery in the Mary Hitchcock Memorial Hospital.