Raymond W. Smith

Background

Smith, Raymond W. was born in 1937 in Pittsburgh, WORLD0.

Education

Bachelor of Science, Carnegie-Mellon University, 1959. Master of Business Administration, University Pittsburgh, 1969.

Career

Director budget planning and analysis comptroller department, American Telephone & Telegraph Company, 1976-1977; with, Bell of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1959-1975, 77-85; division operations manager Western area, Bell of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1971-1974; assistant vice president public relations, Bell of Pennsylvania and Diamond State Telephone, Philadelphia, 1974-1975; vice president, general manager Eastern region, Bell of Pennsylvania and Diamond State Tel., Philadelphia, 1977-1981; vice president-regulatory, Bell of Pennsylvania and Diamond State Tel., Philadelphia, 1981-1983; president, chief Executive officer, Bell of Pennsylvania and Diamond State Tel., Philadelphia, 1983-1985; vice chairman, chief finance officer, director parent company, Bell Atlantic Corporation, Philadelphia, 1985-1988; president, chief operating officer, Bell Atlantic Corporation, 1988; chairman, chief Executive officer, Bell Atlantic Corporation, Philadelphia, since 1989. Board directors USAir Group, Core States Finance Corporation, Westinghouse Electric Corporation. Member Business Roundtable, since 1990.

Member of national advisory board Private Sector Council, since 1990. Member James Madison national county Library. of Congress, since 1990.

Achievements

• Raymond W. Smith has been listed as a noteworthy investment banking executive by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member Lincoln Center, President Commission-Arts and Humanities, WETA, Carnegie Corporation, Carnegie Mellon, Rockham Ventures. Trustee, Rockefeller Foundation, since 2006. With Signal Corps, United States Army, 1959-1960.

Fellow: American Academy Arts and Sciences.