Background
Smith, Bernard Joseph was born on August 29, 1900 in Liverpool, England. Arrived in United States, 1912, naturalized, 1930.
Smith, Bernard Joseph was born on August 29, 1900 in Liverpool, England. Arrived in United States, 1912, naturalized, 1930.
Came to the United States, 1912, naturalized, 1930. Student Saint Edward"s College, Liverpool, 1914-1920. Educated University of Oxford, England, 1918.
Bachelor of Engineering with honors, U. Liverpool, 1923, Master of Engineering, 1926.
Private tutor in mathematics and physics, Liverpool, 1923—1924. Field engineer Underpinning & Foundation Company, New York City, 1924. Underground conduit engineer New York and New Jersey Bell Telephone Сompany, 1924—1925, Ohio Bell Telephone Сompany, Toledo, 1925—1926.
Assistant engineer Alexander Potter, consultant engineer water and sewerage system New York, New Jersey, 1926—1930. Design engineer Humble Oil & Refining Company, Baytown, Texas, 1930—1932. City manager and engineer, 1932—1933.
Consultant engineer, 1930—1934. Engineer examiner Public Works Administration, Fort Worth, 1935—1937. Director research and personnel, 1938—1942.
Acting state director and state planning engineer Texas Public Works Reserve, 1942. Assistant regional director and regional economist National Housing Agency, headquarters Dallas, 1942—1946. Consultant engineer water system and town planning Dallas, 1946—1965.
Consultant tides and water resources San Francisco, since 1965, Aptos. Water commissioner Santa Cruz County. Planning engineer and chief San Francisco Bay section United States Corps Engineers, 1957—1965.
Lecturer urban development Texas Christian University, Fort Worth, 1939—1943. Guest lecturer on town development Alabama Polytechnic Institute, 1940. Instructor economics and engineering Southern Methodist University, Dallas, 1943—1953.
Guest panelist Annual Radio Conference, University Oklahoma, Norman, 1946. Speaker economics and town planning various civic and business groups, since 1939. Vice president Southwestern States Water Company, 1949—1951.
Member board governors Dallas Federal Reference Exchange, 1943—1946.
Member Board of Governors Dallas Federal Reference Exchange, 1943-1946. Fellow American Society of Civil Engineers (committee city planning training for civil engineers 1942). Member American Waterworks Association, American Association for the Advancement of Science, American, Western economics associations, Association Evolutionary Economics, History of Economics Society, County Louth (Eire) Archeological Society, Irish Literature and History Society of San Francisco (president 1959-1962), Sierra.
Club: Commonwealth of California.
Son of Thomas j. and Sarah Anne (Crum) Smith. Married Julia Susan Connolly, June 4, 1929. Children: Bernard, Sarah Anne Kathleen, Maureen, Una, Aislin, Malachy, Joan, John.