Background
Smith, Bruce Hamilton was born on February 16, 1919 in New York City. Son of Bruce Hamilton and Mary Austin (Gilmore) Smith.
Smith, Bruce Hamilton was born on February 16, 1919 in New York City. Son of Bruce Hamilton and Mary Austin (Gilmore) Smith.
AB, Syracuse University, 1940. Doctor of Medicine, Syracuse University, 1943.
Commissioned Lieutenant (junior grade), United States Navy, 1943; advanced through grades to captain, United States Navy medical officer, United States Navy, 1943-1971; intern, United States Naval Hospital, St. Albans, New York, 1943-1944; resident, United States Naval Hospital, Brooklyn, 1945-1947; resident, Long Island College Hospital, Brooklyn, 1947-1949; resident, New England Deaconess Hospital, Boston, 1949-1950; director laboratories, United States Naval Hospital, Mare Island, California, 1950-1955; director laboratories, United States Naval Hospital, Philadelphia, 1955-1963; deputy director, Armed Forces Institute Pathology, Washington, 1963-1967; director, Armed Forces Institute Pathology, Washington, 1967-1971; retired, United States Navy, 1971; professor pathology, George Washington University, Washington, 1971-1991; clinical professor pathology, George Washington University, Washington, since 1991. Member science advisory board National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Maryland., 1967-1971.
Member training United States Coast Guard Auxiliary, Silver Spring, Maryland., 1979-1993. Fellow College American Pathologists, American Society Clinical Pathologists, Association Military Surgeons (Sir Henry Welcome award 1969), American College Physicians.
Married Elizabeth Jane Schrope, March 23, 1943. Children: Barbara, Blake, Bradley, Beverly.