Background
Smith, Herald Alvin was born on December 23, 1923 in Beaconsfield, Iowa, United States. Son of Herald Alvin and Iva Viola (Briggeman) Smith.
Smith, Herald Alvin was born on December 23, 1923 in Beaconsfield, Iowa, United States. Son of Herald Alvin and Iva Viola (Briggeman) Smith.
Student, University Iowa, 1942-1943; student, Coe College, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, 1944-1945.
President, Chairman of the Board, CRST, Inc., Cedar Rapids, 1955-1977; Chairman of the Board, chief Executive officer, CRST, Inc., Cedar Rapids, 1977-1983; Chairman of the Board, CRST International, Inc., Cedar Rapids, since 1983. Chairman of the Board, president Crest Microfilm, Inc., Cedar Rapids, since 1980.
Member Governor's Blue Ribbon Task Force on Transportation, Iowa, 1982. Trustee Regional Transit Authority, Cedar Rapids, 1967-1978. Campaign manager UnitedWay, 1973-1974.
Board directors Cluster Munition Coalition Colls. Associated, 1979, Cornell College, Mount Vernon, Iowa, 1979-1987, Four Oaks Treatment Center, since 1986. Member American Trucking Association, Inc.
(interstate carriers conference 1st vice president 1980-1981, president 1981-1982, chairman 1982-1983), Iowa Motor Truck Association (president, Chairman of the Board 1978-1979, Executive Board since 1979).
Married Miriam Gayle Armstrong, October 5, 1946. Children: Sharon Konchar, John, Susan Johnson, Jim.