Background
SMITH, Edwin Whittier was born on October 23, 1857 in Mountain. Washington, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Curtis Benjamin Miner and Hannah Jacobs (Washburn) Smith.
SMITH, Edwin Whittier was born on October 23, 1857 in Mountain. Washington, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Curtis Benjamin Miner and Hannah Jacobs (Washburn) Smith.
Bachelor of Arts, Yale, 1878. Doctor of Laws, University of Pittsburgh, 1930. Doctor of Laws, Allegheny College, Meadville, Pennsylvania, 1934.
Unmarried.
Admitted to Pennsylvania bar, 1881, practiced at Pittsburgh, since 1881. With Knox & Reed until 1901. Became member Reed, Smith, Shaw & Beal, 1902, later Reed, Smith, Shaw & McClay.
President South Hills Trust Company, Mount Lebanon Cemetery Company. Director Philadelphia Company, Duquesne Light Company, Pittsburgh Rys. Company, Reliance Life Insurance Company, National Union Fire Insurance Company, National Union Indemnity Company, Monongahela Inclined Plane Company Delaware to International Congress on Maritime Law, Brussels, 1909, 10.
Appointed member Election Law communications of Pennsylvania, 1927, to codify, amend and revise election laws of the state. Member Citizens’ Committee on Teachers’ Salaries (Pittsburgh). Vice president Welfare Fund of Pittsburgh.
Trustee Children’s Service Bureau.
Member: American Law Institute. American, Pennsylvania, State and Allegheny Company Bar Associations Clubs: Yale, University (Pgh. and New York), Duquesne, Oakmont Country, St. Clair Country.