Background
Smith, J. Thomas was born on November 19, 1905 in Arapaho, Oklahoma, United States. Son of Carl B. and Sally (Hunt) Smith.
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Education
Bachelor of Laws, Stetson University, 1928.
Career
Practiced, Deland, Florida, 1928-1929, Detroit, 1929-1998. Member firm Smith & Huffaker, 1940-1947. Assistant, United States attorney, 1936-1940.
Vice president Dura Corporation, 1947-1951, president, 1951-1968, chairman board, 1968-1998, director, 1946-1998. Chairman board, director Detroit branch Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, 1958-1962. Director Thyssen Steel Company, Detroit.
Member water advisory board Environmental Protection Agency, 1973-1975.
Achievements
Membership
Member advisory board Young Men’s Christian Association. Board directors Harper Grace Grace Hospital, Michigan Employers Association, Automobile Club Michigan, Boys Club Metropolitan Detroit. Trustee National Sanitation Foundation.
Member American, Michigan, Detroit bar associations Clubs: Bloomfield Hills Country. Detroit, Detroit Press, Detroit Athletic, Economic (Detroit). Circumnavigators (director).
Country of Fla; Delray Beach, Delray Beach Yacht (Florida).
Connections
Married Anne Moreland, September 27, 1930. Children– Sally A. (Mistress Kenneth O'Rourke), Gayle T. Smith.
