Background
Smith, Henry Justin was born on June 19, 1875 in Chicago. Illinois. Son of Justin A. and Mary L. (Grose) Smith.
Smith, Henry Justin was born on June 19, 1875 in Chicago. Illinois. Son of Justin A. and Mary L. (Grose) Smith.
Preparatory education, Morgan Park (Illinois) Academy. Bachelor of Arts, University of Chicago, 1898.
Began as reporter Chicago Daily News, 1899, city editor, 1901-1906, assistant managing editor, 1906-1913, news editor, 1913-1924. Assistant to president University of Chicago, 1924-1926. Managing editor Chicago Daily News, since 1926.
Author: The Other Side of the Wall, 1919.
Deadlines, 1922; Josslyn, 1924. Innocents Aloft, 1927.
Poor Devil, 1929, Senor Zero, 1931. Chicago—A Portrait, 1931.
Chicago’s Great Century, 1933.
Young Phillips, Reporter, 1933. Company-Author: Chicago—The History of Its Reputation, 1929.
Married Katharine A. Smith, September 9, 1899.