Background
Smith, Malcolm Bernard was born on May 27, 1923 in Lynn, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Philip and Ida (Zenis) Smith.
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Malcolm Bernard Smith
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Bachelor summa cum laude, Dartmouth College, 1944; Master of Arts in Economics, Harvard University, 1948; honorary degree, New School for Social Research, 1995.
Career
Secretary, General American Investors Company. New York City, 1956-1957;
treasurer, General American Investors Company. New York City, 1957-1959;
vice president, General American Investors Company.
New York City, 1958-1961;
president, General American Investors Company. New York City, 1961-1989;
vice chairman, General American Investors Company. New York City, 1989-1997;
senior consultant, since 1997.
Achievements
Membership
Chairman finance committee New York Foundation, 1973—1982, treasurer, 1979—1982, trustee, 1973—1989. Chairman New York Foundation , 1982—1985. Chairman New School for Social Research, New York City, 1985—1995, trustee, since 1982, treasurer, 1982—1984, chairman educational policy committee, 1984—1985, chairman executive committee, 1985—1995.
Member investment committee Phi Beta Kappa Foundation, 1987—1996. Board directors Learning Smith, Inc., 1992—1993, Cybersmith, Inc., 1994—1997. Member investment committee Federation Jewish Philantrophies, New York, 1975—1996.
Board directors Human Rights Watch, 1993—2001, emeritus, since 2001. Trustee John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, 1982—1995, chairman finance committee, 1985—1995. Managing trustee Permanent Fund of Modern Language Association, since 1987.
Member American Association for the Advancement of Science (chairman investment and finance committee since 1975), Investment Company Institute (board governors 1987-1995), Association Publicly Traded Investment Funds (board directors 1970-1987, chairman 1971-1979, Council on Foreign Relations, New York Society Security Analysts, Harvard Club (board managers 1984-1986), Century Association New York City (treasurer, board managers 1999-2003), Phi Beta Kappa Fellows (advisory committee 1984-1993, board directors since 1993), Phi Beta Kappa.
Connections
Married Betty Booth, June 20, 1948. Children: Eric, Daniel.
