Background
Smith, Richard Roy was born on October 29, 1885 in Beloit, Wisconsin, United States. Son of Henry Jennings and Alice C. (Brittain) Smith.
Smith, Richard Roy was born on October 29, 1885 in Beloit, Wisconsin, United States. Son of Henry Jennings and Alice C. (Brittain) Smith.
Bachelor of Arts, Yale, 1908.
One son (by a previous marriage), Richard Emerson. With the Macmillan Company. New York City, 1908-1929, manager college department, 1910-1929, also member board directors.
Organizer, 1929, and president, 1929-1933, Richard R. Smith, Incorporated., publications.
Name changed to Ray Long & Richard R. Smith, Incorporated., 1931. President R&South Motor Corporation, New Rochelle, New York, 1925-1929.
Organizer, and president The American Spectator, Incorporated., publications of The American Spectator, a literary magazine, 1932-1934. Vice president Frederick A. Stokes Company, publications, 1933-1934.
Public, and publishers’ and authors’ consultant, 1934-1948.
Editor Books in Brief, 1937-1938. Chairman, Board Of Directors Richard R. Smith Public, Incorporated., since 1948. Assistant executive secretary of education and special training committee, war plans division, United States General Staff, 1918.
Chairman board of review (New York) in charge wartime censorship newsreels and motion pictures, Federal Office of Censorship, 1942-1945.
President board Larchmont Public Library, 1930-1934. Secretary Class of 1908, Yale College, since 1918(editor, public Volunteer III of class history, 1940).
Fellow Berkeley College, Yale University. Member Yale Association Class Sections (past vice-president and president), American Economics Association, American History Association, American Political Science Association, American Sociological Society, Modern Language Association Beta Kappa, Beta Theta Pi. Occasional contributor to magazines
Married second, Evelyn Light, May 15, 1946.