Robert Sidney Smith

Background

Smith, Robert Sidney was born on June 13, 1904 in Waterbury, Connecticut, United States. Son of Leslie James and Laura (Rouse) Smith.

Education

Bachelor of Arts, Amherst College, 1927, Master of Arts, 1928. Doctor of Philosophy (Amherst Memorial fellow), Duke, 1932.

Career

Instructor, assistant professor, associate professor, professor economics Duke, Durham, North Carolina, 1932-1969, department chairman economics, 1964-1968, James B. Duke distinguished professor economics, 1964-1969. Visiting professor North Carolina College, 1940, U. Costa Rica, 1945, U. San Carlos (Guatemala), 1949, Northwestern University, 1947, U. North Carolina, 1955-1956, U. Buenos Aires, 1956, U. de Valle, Cali, Colombia, 1968. State Department lecturer 1955, 56, 57.

Fulbright lecturer, Chile, 1965.

Latin American specialist Department State, 1955-1957. Member National Defense Executive Reserve, 1957-1969.

Honorary consul, Guatemala, 1955-1963. Recipient James Alexander Robertson Memorial prize Conference Latin American History, 1963.

Guggenheim Memorial fellow, 1942, Ford Foundation Faculty Research fellow, 1959-1960.

Achievements

• Robert Sidney Smith has been listed as a noteworthy economist, educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member American, Southern (president elect 1968-1969) economics associations, Economics History Society, Royal Economics Society, Inter-American Statistical Association Beta Kappa, Alpha Kappa Psi. Member editorial board Hispanic American History Review, 1947-1953, Southern Economics Journal, 1959-1962, Atlantic Quarterly, 1960-1968. Business History Review, 1966-1969.

Connections

Married Lucille Mulholland, August 2, 1932. Children: Frances (Mistress James West. Vaughan, Junior.

Father:

Leslie James Smith

Mother:

Laura (Rouse) Smith

Spouse:

Lucille Mulholland

child:

Junior Smith

child:

Frances (Mistress James West. Vaughan Smith