Background

Smith, Richard Austin was born on December 3, 1911 in Clarksburg, West Virginia, United States. Son of Silas Morris and Mildred Margaret (Johnson) Smith.

Education

Student, Mercersburg Academy, 1927-1931; student, Duke U., 1931-1934; Doctor of Letters, Salem (West Virginia) College, 1955.

Career

Writer industrial and occupational analyses, unites states department Labor, 1934-1938; staff writer, Think Magazine, public International Business Machines Corporation Corporation, 1939; associate editor, Think Magazine, public International Business Machines Corporation Corporation, 1939-1942; finance writer, Time Magazine, 1946; South Carolina. correspondent, Time, Life and Fortune Magazines, 1946-1948; associate editor, Dixie Magazine, 1946-1948; economics correspondent, Time and Fortune Magazines, Washington, 1948-1950; associate editor, Fortune Magazine, 1950-1958; member board editors, Fortune Magazine, 1958-1966. Member editorial board Duke Magazine. Member of advisory committee Groton/New London (Connecticut) Airport.

Works

• book

  • Corporations In Crisis

    (Seven detailed articles concerning how large companies ge...)

  • Corporations in crisis

    (Seven detailed articles concerning how large companies ge...)

  • The frontier States: Alaska, Hawaii, (Time-Life library of America)

    (The Frontier States: Alaska, Hawaii.)

  • Corporations in Crisis

Membership

Trustee Gunston School, Centreville, Maryland., 1962-1970. Director Salem (West Virginia) College, 1963-1969. With Army of the United States, 1943-1946, military correspondent European Theatre of Operations, 1944-1945.

Member Sigma Upsilon, Phi Eta Sigma, National Press Club (Washington), Authors Guild, Army Navy Club, Sons of the American Revolution, Princeton Club.

Connections

Married Kathleen Knox, May 20, 1939. Children: Richard Austin, Roderick Sheldon.

father:

Silas Morris Smith

mother:

Mildred Margaret (Johnson) Smith

spouse:

Kathleen Knox

children:

Richard Austin Smith

Roderick Sheldon Smith