Background
Smith, Charles Howard was born on September 4, 1884 in Portland, Oregon, United States. Son of Charles Jackson and Elizabeth (McMillan) Smith.
Smith, Charles Howard was born on September 4, 1884 in Portland, Oregon, United States. Son of Charles Jackson and Elizabeth (McMillan) Smith.
Descendant Richard Smith who came to Massachusetts with Rogers Williams, 1636. Graduate Seattle High School, 1901. Student Phillips Andover Academy, 1901-1902, Yale Science School, 1902-1904.
Engineer Western Coal & Mining Company, St. Louis, 1905. Vice president Davis Coal & Coke Company, Baltimore, Pittsburgh Terminal Railway & Coal Company, Western Coal & Mining Company, Consolidated Coal Company, St. Louis. Assistant to president Western Road R.R., 1907-1911.
Vice president, general manager Durham Coal & Iron Company, 1911-1912. Expert mining engineer, New York, since 1913. Construction engineering Clinchfield Coal Corporation, 1913.
Associate with Blair & Company, bankers, New York, 1914-1921. President International Coal Products Corporation, Clinchfield Carbocoal Corporation, General Oil Gas Corporation, Bregeat Corporation of America, American & Automotive Gas Producers Corporation, 1915-1921. As construction engineering, 1921-1927.
Chairman of the Board General Waterworks & R.R. coal properties, C.&E.I. R.R., Utah Fuel Company, C., M.&St.P. Railway, etc. Organized Chenery & Smith, construction engineering, 1921-1927. Chairman of the Board General Waterworkd & Elec.
Company, 1928-1929; president Charles H. Smith & Company, Engineers. Construction engineering Utility Management Corporation, 1937-1938. Construction engineering Federal Water Service Company.
President Middle States Natural Gas Company, Southern Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Corporation, 1941, National Armor Company, 1942-1943, The Charles H. Smith Company, Engineers, 1944. Vice president South American Coal & Iron Company. President Big Inch Gas, Inc.
& Big Inch Oil, Inc. which merged Jan 1947 with Big Inch Gas and Oil Corporation During Worlad War I did special work for Ordnance Department, United States Army, United States Fuel Administration, War Industrial Board Inventor of process for converting bituminous coal into a smokeless fuel, also effecting recovery of by-products.
Member American Mining Congress, American Institute Mining and Metallurgical Engineers, (associate), Army Ordnance Association. Clubs: Yale (New York).
Married Jane Swindell, September 28, 1909. Children: Frances Townley (Mistress Orville Anderson Tyler), Charles Jackson, Robert Fulton, Betsy Jane (Mistress Jacques Bramhall, Junior.