Background
Smith, Maurice Frederik was born on November 24, 1908 in Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States. Son of George Levi and Lou Emma (Pierce) Smith.
conservationist business consultant
Smith, Maurice Frederik was born on November 24, 1908 in Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States. Son of George Levi and Lou Emma (Pierce) Smith.
Student, University Michigan, 1924-1926; student, College William and Mary, 1927-1929; student, Dayton The Art Institute of Chicago, 1926-1930.
Advertising manager, Hobart Manufacturing Company, 1924-1930;
director public relations, Batten, Barton, Durstine & Osborn, New York City, 1931-1936;
partner, Selvage & Smith, 1937-1940;
director public relations, Young & Rubicam, 1941-1942;
vice president, ABC, 1944-1945;
director advertising, Simon & Schuster, 1945-1946;
director advertising, Book-of-the-Month Club, 1946-1948;
president, Fred Smith & Company. New York City, 1948-1956;
vice president, Prudential Insurance Company, Newark, 1956-1964;
associate, Rockefeller Family & Associates, New York City, since 1964. Director American Motors, Howard Johnson Company, Perini Corporation, George Rogers Construction Company, United Nations Development Corporation, Grand Teton Lodge Company.
Trustee Jackson Hole Preserve Inc. Assistant to secretary Treasury, 1942-1944. Assistant to the United States President, Bretton Woods Conference, 1944.
Member National Outdoor Recreation Resources Review Commission, 1958-1960. Member of advisory board National Parks, since 1945.
Fellow Rochester (New York ) Museum. Member Explorers Club Clubs: Boone and Crockett, Sky, Rockefeller Center Luncheon, Whitehall, Johns Island.
Married Vivian Weston, 1932. 1 son, Christopher F. Married Catherine Hanley, August 22, 1941.
Children: Michaele, Mark, Frederik, Drusilla, Francesca.