Robert Aura Smith

Background

Smith, Robert Aura was born on January 12, 1899 in Denver, Colorado, United States. Son of Aura and Lily L. (Severinghaus) Smith.

Education

Bachelor of Arts, Ohio Wesleyan University, 1920. Bachelor of Arts, Master of Arts, University of Oxford (Rhodes scholar), 1924.

Career

Associate Professor of English, Drake University, 1920-1921. Professor of English, Evansville College, 1924-1925. Member editorial staff Cincinnati Commercial Tribune, 1925-1929.

Correspondent Christian Science Monitor, 1926-1930.

News editor Manila Daily Bulletin, 1930-1937. Staff correspondent, New York Times, 1930-1937, cable desk, 1937-1941, Foreign News Department, 1945-1949, editorial writer, since 1949.

Office of War Information, India, 1942-1943. O.W.I., New York, 1944-1945.

Lecturer, Yale, 1945-1946, Barnard College, 1946-1947.

Private, Field Hospital 147, 37th Division, with American Expeditionary Forces, 1917-1919. Second lieutenant Military Intel. Reserve, 1934. Chavalier, French Legion of Honor.

Achievements

• Robert Aura Smith has been listed as a notable newspaperman, author by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member editorial staff Cincinnati Commercial Tribune, 1925-1929. Member American Society Rhodes Scholars, Phi Beta Kappa, Delta Sigma Rho, Theta Alpha Phi, Alpha Sigma Phi.

Connections

Married Pauline Crumb, August 16, 1924.

Father:

Aura Smith

Mother:

Lily L. (Severinghaus) Smith

Spouse:

Pauline Crumb