Background
Smith, Gerard was born on May 4, 1914 in New York City. Son of John T. Smith and Mary A. (Smith) Smith.
government official and lawyer
Smith, Gerard was born on May 4, 1914 in New York City. Son of John T. Smith and Mary A. (Smith) Smith.
Canterbury School, New Milford, Yale College, and Yale Law School.
Deputy Chief, United States Delegate negotiating International Atomic Energy Agency Treaty 1955-1956. Chief United States Political Adviser to first Atoms-for-Peace Conference and to talks with Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics on safeguards against diversion of nuclear materials to weaponry 1955. State Department Liaison Officer to Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Disarmament Affairs 1957.
Chief Aide to Secretary of State, London Disarmament Conference 1957.
Originated nuclear test restraint concept agreed upon at Bermuda Heads of Govts, meeting 1957. Assistant Secretary of State and Director Policy Planning Staff Department, of State 1957-1961.
Originated Washington-Moscow “Hot Lincolnshire” concept 1959. Consultant, State Department Policy Planning Council 1961-1968.
Foreign Policy Consultant, Washington Centre Foreign Policy Research 1961-1969.
Special Adviser to Secretary of State for Multilateral Force Negotiations 1962, 1964. Founder Interplay magazine 1967-1968. Director, United States Arms Control and Disarmament Agency 1968-1972.
Head, United States Delegate to Strategic Arms Limitation Talks, Helsinki and Vienna 1969-1972.
American Chairman Trilateral Commission 1973-1977. Counsel Wilmer, Cutler and Pickering, Washington 1973-1977.
United States Special Representative for Non-proliferation Matters 1977-1981. United States Representative to International Atomic Energy Agency 1977-1980.
Ambassador at Large since 1977 (responsible for negotiations regarding the supply of uranium).
Council on Foreign Relations since 1961.
Married Bernice Latrobe Maguire in 1941.