Background
Smith, Roy Harmon was born on February 19, 1879 in Staunton, Virginia, United States. Son of James Wickliffe and Laura Eudora (Staples) Smith.
Smith, Roy Harmon was born on February 19, 1879 in Staunton, Virginia, United States. Son of James Wickliffe and Laura Eudora (Staples) Smith.
Graduate Miller Manual Labor School, Virginia, 1895. Student Rhode Island School of Design 2 years. Mechanical Engineering, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, 1901, honorary Doctor of Laws, 1956.
Special course in metallurgy under Professor Boylston of Case School of Applied Science, 1922-1923.
Doctor of Engineering (honorary), Kent (Ohio) State University, 1954.
Teacher Rhode Island School of Design. 1900, 01; designer of automatic machinery 4 years. Mechanic engineer with American Bridge Company, Pencoyd.
Pennsylvania, 1903.
Assistant superintendent Russell Burdsall & Ward Rolt & Nut Company, Portchester, New York, 1904. Chief draftsman Waterbury Farrel Foundry & Machine Company, automatic machinery department, 1905-1907. General superintendent National Screw & Tack Company, Cleveland, 1907-1914.
Secretary, treasurer, general manager Falls Rivet Company, Kent, O., 1914-1922.
Vice-president, director operations Lamson & Sessions Company, manufacturers bolts, nuts, rivets, cotter pins and automobile specials, 1922-1938, president, 1938-1951, Chairman of the Board 1951-1961, now honorary Chairman of the Board Trustee sinking fund of the City of Kent, 1922-1923. Vice mayor and president City Council, Kent, 1924-1925, mayor, 1930-1931.
Chairman Charter communications of Kent. Major Ordnance Department United States Army, 1917-1918.
Citation “for work of exceptional value to the Government.” Technical consultant, rank of colonel, serving with Foreign Economic Administration Europe, June-August 1945.
Fellow American Society Mechanical Engineers. Member Society Automotive Engineers, American Society Testing Materials. American Society for Steel Treating, American Association for the Advancement of Science, Cleveland Engineers’ Society, American Legion (post commander 1932), Ohio Society of New York, Sigma Xi.
Mason, Elk.
Clubs: Union, University (Cleveland).
Married Jessie Duncan Munro, April. Children: Laura Jessie, Martha Barret, Alexander Munro, Roy Harmon.