Background
Smith, Ray Winfield was born on June 4, 1897 in Marlboro, New Hampshire, United States. Son of John Henry and Ellen Maria (Stone) Smith.
Smith, Ray Winfield was born on June 4, 1897 in Marlboro, New Hampshire, United States. Son of John Henry and Ellen Maria (Stone) Smith.
Bachelor of Science, Dartmouth, 1918; Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), Dartmouth, 1958.
With, American oil interest, Belgium, The Netherlands, Germany, 1922-1936;
proprietor import-export firm, Houston, 1936-1942;
government official, 1946-1955;
economics adviser, United States commandant, Berlin, Germany., 1951-1952;
United States commissioner, Military Security Board, Germany, 1952-1955;
president, Ray Winfield Smith Foundation, 1955-1973;
member of faculty, member supervising committee for Ray Winfield Smith lectures on origins, development and future of mankind, Dartmouth, from 1974. Director Alhenaten Temple Project in U.A.R., 1965-1972. Director research project on City of Isfahan, Iran.
Consultant Brookhaven National Laboratory.
Board visitors Boston Museum Fine Arts, 1956-1962. Vice president, executive director Eisenhower-Nixon Club, Washington, 1956. General chairman New Hampshire Volunteers for Nixon-Lodge, 1960.
Officer of inaugural committee, Washington, 1957. Second lieutenant Ordnance Department, Advertising Educational Foundation, 1918-1919. Lieutenant colonel United States Army Air Force, 1944-1945.
Fellow German Archeological Institute, American Association for the Advancement of Science (council member). Member International Committee Ancient Glass (chairman 1948-1968), Archeological Institute American (board trustees 1957-1966, chairman committee ancient glass, 1955-1968), American Research Center Egypt, Cairo (director 1963-1965), Army and Navy Club, Sigma Alpha Epsilon.
Married Bonnie D. Jones, October 20, 1923. Children: Michel Frans, Champney Fowlis.