Background
Smith, Gordon Laidlaw was born on January 29, 1926 in Chattanooga. Son of Gordon Laidlaw Senior and Sara (Simmons) Smith.
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Gordon Laidlaw Smith
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Education
Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering, Duke U., 1948.
Career
With, Wheland Company, Chattanooga, 1948-1961;
superintendent production planning and material control, Wheland Company, Chattanooga, 1950-1953;
assistant sales manager, Wheland Company, Chattanooga, 1953-1956;
manager sales, Wheland Company, Chattanooga, 1956-1958;
secretary, Wheland Company, Chattanooga, 1958-1961;
secretary, Gordon Street, Inc. (merger with The Wheland Company), Chattanooga, 1961-1964;
secretary-treasurer, Gordon Street, Inc. (merger with The Wheland Company), Chattanooga, 1964-1969;
secretary-treasurer, North America Royalties, Inc.
(merger with Gordon Street, Inc.), Chattanooga, 1969-1972;
vice president planning and development, North America Royalties, Inc. (merger with Gordon Street, Inc.), Chattanooga, 1978-1979;
vice president planning and development, secretary-treasurer, North America Royalties, Inc. (merger with Gordon Street, Inc.), Chattanooga, 1979-1980;
vice president planning and development, secretary, North America Royalties, Inc.
(merger with Gordon Street, Inc.), Chattanooga, 1980-1982;
vice president planning, secretary, North America Royalties, Inc. (merger with Gordon Street, Inc.), Chattanooga, 1982-1989;
vice president planning, North America Royalties, Inc. (merger with Gordon Street, Inc.), Chattanooga, 1989-1994;
retired, 1994.
Member Executive Committee Commerce Union Bank, Chattanooga, 1976-1980. Board directors First Chattanooga Finance Corporation, American South Bank of Tennessee.
Membership
Member of Executive Committee Chattanooga-Hamilton County chapter American Red Cross, 1958-1974, chairman, 1962-1964. Member campaign cabinet New Young Men’s Christian Association Fund, 1966. Board directors Metropolitan Young Men’s Christian Association, 1966-1967, since 1991.
Trustee McCallie School, Chattanooga-Hamilton Hospital Authority, 1982-1986. Active United Fund campaigns, board directors, since 1989. Member Duke U. Alumni Admissions Advisory Committee.
Board directors Boys' Club Chattanooga, 1973-1984, vice president, 1975-1976. Deacon 1st Presbyterian Church, Chattanooga, since 1954, trustee, since 1964. With United States Naval Reserve, 1944-1946.
Member American Petroleum Institute, Tennessee Manufacturers and Taxpayers Association (Board of Governors since 1970), Chattanooga Manufacturers Association (board directors 1961-1970, president 1966-1967), United States Chamber of Commerce, Greater Chattanooga Area Chamber of Commerce (president 1975), McCallie School Alumni Association (president 1968-1969, Distinguished Alumnus award 1989), Omicron Delta Kappa, Phi Delta Theta.
Connections
Married Frances Lowrance Street, August 22, 1951. Children: Gordon Laidlaw III, Preston Lowrance, Sara Frances.
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Nationality
American