Background
Smith, Robert Smith was born on June 29, 1929 in South Bend, Indiana, United States. Son of Lloyd Franklin and Florence (Yerly) Smith.
Smith, Robert Smith was born on June 29, 1929 in South Bend, Indiana, United States. Son of Lloyd Franklin and Florence (Yerly) Smith.
Bachelor, Carleton College, 1951; Juris Doctor, University of Chicago, 1956.
Associate, Ross & Hardies, Chicago, 1956-1965;
partner, Ross & Hardies, Chicago, since 1966. Special counsel Village of Mount Prospect, Illinois, 1966-1979, general counsel, 1979-1981. Village attorney, Corporate Counsel Village of Bolingbrook, Illinois, 1967-1977.
General counsel Village of Barrington Hills, Illinois, 1977-1983. Adjunct Professor College Urban Science, University of Illinois, 1974-1981, Northwestern University School Law, 1983. Co-chairman Chicago Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, 1979-1981.
Member Mayor's Task Force on Neighborhood Land Use, Chicago, 1986. Member American Bar Association, Illinois State Bar Association, Chicago Bar Association, National Institute Municipal Law Officers, American Planning Association (chairman planning and law division since 1986).
Son of; married Barbara L. Stech, September 29, 1956. Children: Dana, Linda, Robbin.