Background

Smith, Richard Frederick was born on March 7, 1920 in Topeka, Kansas, United States. Son of George Frederick and Ellen (Brown) Smith.

Education

Bachelor, St. Saint Louis University, 1942; Master of Arts, St. Saint Louis University, 1944; Licentiate of Sacred Theology, St. Mary's College, Kansas, 1951; STD, Georgian U., Rome, 1954.

Career

Instructor, St. Saint Louis University High School, 1944-1947; instructor, assistant professor, associate professor, St. Mary's College, Kansas, 1954-1967; professor, St. Saint Louis University, 1967-1976, 90-; professor, Loyola University, Chicago, 1976-1979; professor, Fordham University, Bronx, 1979-1990. Member Theological Commision on the Archdioces of St. Louis, 1970-1976. Trustee Board Trustees, Marquette U., Milwaukee, since 1978.

Works

Works Gallery

• book

  • The Blair Review, 1987 (Religious Freedom, Nature as Religion, Martin Luther King, Hungarian Holocaust, Gurkhas, Reaganomics, Spanish Democracy, Sidewalks)

    (Trade paperback, 130 pages, with illustrations.)

  • The Historical Review of Berks County Magazine (Berks County PA History, Reading Artillerists in the Mexican War, Kernsville Dam on the Schuylkill Canal, 1829 Religious Revival in Reading, America's First Cook Stove Cast At Hereford Furnace, October 1949,

• Other Work

  • Editor: (serial) Review for Religious, 1959-1974, Adris Newsletter, since 1976.

Membership

Member American History Association, Catholic History Association, International Society Neoplatonic Studies, College Theology Society, Society Scientific Study Religion, North American Patristic Society.

Connections

father:

George Frederick Smith

mother:

Ellen (Brown) Smith