Background
Smith, Rex was born on June 17, 1900 in Gate City, Scott County, Virginia, United States. Son of William Daniel and Sallie Lou (Minnich) Smith.
Smith, Rex was born on June 17, 1900 in Gate City, Scott County, Virginia, United States. Son of William Daniel and Sallie Lou (Minnich) Smith.
Educated Shoemaker Preparatory School (Gate City), University of Virginia, College of William and Mary and San Marcos U. (Lima, Peru).
Lou; married second, Jessie Royce Landis 1937 separated 1940, divorced 1944). Married 3d, Izetta Jewel, 1944. Children—Rex, Izetta.
With Detroit News, 1918, Washington Herald, 1919-1920.
Entered United States Foreign Service and served as vice consul, San Jose, Costa Rica, 1920-1921, Lima, Peru, 1922-1923. Then with San Francisco Examiner, 4 years, Los Angeles Times, 2 years.
Wrote for motion pictures, Hollywood, 1927. Journalistic assignments in Italy, Balearic Islands, Germany, Bavaria, 1929.
Then correspondent for Paris edition, New York Herald-Tribune, France and Europe generally for 2 years.
Foreign news editor for Associated Press, 1931. Chief of Spanish bureau Associate Press, Madrid, to 1935. While in Spain organized Associate Press news service for Europe.
Became foreign editor Newsweek, 1936, later assistant to president and worked out editorial formula, then editor to 1941.
Editor The Chicago Sun, 1941-1942. Vice president public relations American Airlines 1946-1958, retired.
Served in O.T.C., University of Michigan, World War I. Member Kappa Sigma, Sigma Delta Chirurgical Clubs: National Press (Washington).
Married Alice Buchanan, 1925 (divorced 1929). Married second, Jessie Royce Landis 1937 separated 1940, divorced 1944). Children: Rex, Izetta.