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.

Education

Student, University Michigan, 1924-1926; student, College William and Mary, 1927-1929; student, Dayton The Art Institute of Chicago, 1926-1930.

Career

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.

Achievements

• Maurice Frederik Smith has been listed as a noteworthy Business consultant, conservationist by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Fellow Rochester (New York ) Museum. Member Explorers Club Clubs: Boone and Crockett, Sky, Rockefeller Center Luncheon, Whitehall, Johns Island.

Connections

Married Vivian Weston, 1932. 1 son, Christopher F. Married Catherine Hanley, August 22, 1941.

Children: Michaele, Mark, Frederik, Drusilla, Francesca.

Father:

George Levi Smith

Mother:

Lou Emma (Pierce) Smith

Spouse:

Vivian Weston

Spouse:

Catherine Hanley

child:

Francesca Smith

child:

Mark Smith

child:

Frederik Smith

child:

Michaele Smith

child:

Drusilla Smith