Harold Morrison Smith

Background

Smith, Harold Morrison was born on January 22, 1888 in Falls City, Nebraska, United States. Son of Alvin Leroy and Annie Laurie (Campbell) Smith.

Education

Graduate, Proctor Academy, Andover, N.H., 1909; AB, Bates College, 1914; Master of Arts, Columbia University, 1929; Doctor of Humane Letters, Pennsylvania Military College, 1951; Doctor of Laws, Bucknell U., 1952; Doctor of Letters, Norwich U., 1954.

Career

Assistant and instructor department geology and astronomy, Bates College, 1914-1915; principal, Norridgewock (Maine) High School, 1915-1916; principal, Hopkinton High School, Contoocook, N.H., 1916-1918; principal, New Hampton Literature Institute, 1918-1921; headmaster, Pembroke Academy, N.H., 1921-1932; dean, Bordentown (New Jersey) Military Institute, 1932; co-principal, Bordentown (New Jersey) Military Institute, 1936-1956; headmaster, Bordentown (New Jersey) Military Institute, from 1956; president of the board, Bordentown (New Jersey) Military Institute, from 1956. Delaware to College Entrance Examination Board.

Achievements

• Harold Morrison Smith has been listed as a noteworthy Headmaster by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member Boarding School Association Philadelphia Region (president), Association Military Colls. andSchs. (president 1950-1952), Trenton Association Baptist Churches (moderator), National Association Secondary School Prins., American Numismatic Association, New Jersey Archeological Society, American Association for the Advancement of Science, Mason (33 degree Shriner), Rotary (past president), Trenton Symposium (president), Phi Beta Kappa.

Connections

Married Bessie S. Braley, December 24, 1910. 1 son, Morris Wadleigh.

Father:

Alvin Leroy Smith

Mother:

Annie Laurie (Campbell) Smith

Spouse:

Bessie S. Braley