Background
Smith, Herbert Wilson was born on July 9, 1888 in Edison, Ohio, United States. Son of Franklin (educator) and Luella (Wilson) S. (newspaper writer).
Smith, Herbert Wilson was born on July 9, 1888 in Edison, Ohio, United States. Son of Franklin (educator) and Luella (Wilson) S. (newspaper writer).
Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Science, University of Michigan, 1910. Student law department same university.
Admitted to District of Columbia Bar and to bar Supreme Court of the United States. President Standard Gas Company (Ohio), 1913-1917. Mining operator in New Mexico, 1917-1919.
Chief division war minerals relief, division mineral tariffs, division research American Mining Congress, 1919-1925, Union Carbide & Carbon Corporation, 1925-1951.
President, Lancaster, Fraser, Smith Corporation, 1952-1955, Strategic Minerals Corporation, 1955-1957. Chairman Dominion Resources Corporation, 1957-1970.
Member American Judicature Society, American Bar Association, American Society International Law, International Law Association, American Institute Mining and Metallurgical Engineers, American Chemical Society, Society of America Military Engineers, Army Ordnance Association, American Mining Congress, Sons of the American Revolution, Phi Gamma Delta (past president national fraternity). Mason (32 degree).; Clubs: University, National Press (Washington).
Married Mary Isabel Buchanan, 1913. Married second, Clare M. Goodyear, 1936.