Background
Smith, David V. was born on July 12, 1921 in Lumpkin, Georgia, United States. Son of David V. and Nelle (Siddall) Smith.
Smith, David V. was born on July 12, 1921 in Lumpkin, Georgia, United States. Son of David V. and Nelle (Siddall) Smith.
B.S.F., U. Georgia, 1946. Master of Forestry, Duke University, 1950, postgraduate 1950-1952. Doctor of Philosophy, College Forestry at Syracuse, 1968.
Junior forest technician South Carolina. Commn Forestry, Walterboro, South Carolina., 1947, senior forest technician, 1948, assistant forester, 1949. Graduate teaching assistant Duke University, 1950-1951, instructor, 1952, visiting assistant professor summer 1953.
Assistant professor forestry Virginia Polytechnic Institute, Blacksburg, 1952-1957, associate professor, 1957-1970.
Professor forest engineering Stephen F. Austin State University, Nacogdoches, from 1970. Forest consultant cities Pulaski and Martinsville, Virginia.
Norfolk and Western Rys., Roanoke, Virginia, Barnes Lumber Company, Charlottesville, Virginia, Appalichian Power Company, Roanoke, Lester Brothers Lumber Company, Martinsville, Freeport Sulphur Company. New York City, Allied Chemical Company, Morristown, New Jersey Temple Industries, Diboll, Texas.
Served to First lieutenant with Air Corps, Army of the United States, 1942-1945. Member American Society Photogrammetry, American Congress on Surveying and Mapping, Photogrammetric Society (London), Society Photooptical Instrumentation Engineers, Society American Foresters (chairman chapter 1958), Sigma Xi, Alpha Gamma Rho, Phi Sigma Xi.
Married Mary Frances Evans, June 8, 1947. Children: Susan C., Mary Katherine.