Bruce Donald Smith

Background

Smith, Bruce Donald was born on August 13, 1885 in Lake Forest, Illinois, United States. Son of Byron Laflin and Carrie Cornelia (Stone) Smith.

Education

Graduate Hill School, 1902. Bachelor of Arts, Yale, 1906.

Career

With Northern Trust Company, Chicago, 1907-1919, resigned as vice president, 1919. Member board directors United Corporation, Lehigh Coal and Navigation corporation, South New Jersey Gas Company. Director Lehigh and New England Railroad, 1944-1946.

Manager central division American Red Cross, 1917-1918.

With Emergency Unemployment Relief Commission, New York City, 1932-1933. Special assistant to chairman American Red Cross, 1933-1935.

Supervisor organization and construction American Red Cross-Harvard Hospital, 1940-1941, in England, 1941. Associate New York state administrator War Bonds Committee, 1941-1943.

Special assistant to chairman War Manpower Commission, 1943-1945.

Consultant to general manager Atomic Energy Commission, 1948, member personnel security review board, 1949.

Achievements

• Bruce Donald Smith has been listed as a noteworthy banker by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Served as First lieutenant, 1st Illinois Field Artillery, 1914-1917. Clubs: Yale, Metropolitan (New York).

Connections

Married Pauline Mackay, 1909 (divorced 1920). Married second, Florence Mann Fisher, June 1921.

Father:

Byron Laflin Smith

Mother:

Carrie Cornelia (Stone) Smith

Spouse:

Pauline Mackay

Spouse:

Florence Mann Fisher