Background
Smith, Ora Everett was born on December 24, 1947 in Kennett, Missouri, United States. Son of Everett and Thelma May (Johnson) Smith.
Smith, Ora Everett was born on December 24, 1947 in Kennett, Missouri, United States. Son of Everett and Thelma May (Johnson) Smith.
BME and Mechanical and Materials Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1970; Juris Doctor, Harvard University, 1976.
Manager engineering, United States Environmental Protection Agency, Cincinnati, 1970-1973; attorney, New England Telephone, Boston, 1976-1977; managing director, Gordian Associations Inc., Washington, 1977-1979; director structural materials integrity, Rockwell International, Thousand Oaks, California, 1979-1981; director physics and chemical, Rockwell International, Thousand Oaks, California, 1981-1985; director external technical development, Rockwell International, Thousand Oaks, California, 1985-1989; vice president marketing, Conductus, Inc., Sunnyvale, California, 1989-1990; president, Chief Executive Officer, Illinois Superconductors Corporation, Mount Prospect, 1990-1997; chairman, Illinois Superconductors Corporation, Mount Prospect, since 1997. Consultant Executive Office of President of the United States, Washington, since 1985.
Served with United States Public Health Service, 1970-1972.
Married Sue Ellen Caldwell, September 3, 1972. Children: Everett Eugene, Nathan Thomas.