Background
Smith, Rufus Burr was born on April 6, 1912 in Montreal, Canada, (parents American citizens). Son of Rufus Daniel and Georgia Lois (Burr) Smith.
educator foreign service officer
Smith, Rufus Burr was born on April 6, 1912 in Montreal, Canada, (parents American citizens). Son of Rufus Daniel and Georgia Lois (Burr) Smith.
Bachelor of Arts, Princeton, 1934. Master of Arts, New York University, 1937, Doctor of Philosophy, 1941.
Director social science Hofstra College, Hempstead, New York, 1935-1939. Assistant professor economics U. Newark, 1939-1941. With United States Housing Authority, 1941-1942.
Planning committee War Production Board, 1942-1943.
Coordinator research Supreme Commander Allied Powers, Tokyo, Japan, 1946. Economist Department State, 1946-1949, officer charge economics affairs for South Asia, 1955-1958.
Commercial attache American Embassy, Bangkok, 1950-1952, economics counselor, Karachi, 1953-1955. Counselor embassy, deputy chief mission, Colombo, Ceylon, 1958-1960.
Counselor embassy economics affairs, New Delhi, India, 1960-1962.
Senior inspector Foreign Service Inspection Corps., 1963-1967. William R. Kenan Junior professor economics Rollins College, Winter Park, Florida, 1967-1980.
Member of the United States delegation Far Eastern Commission, 1947-1949. Member United States delegation Austrian Treaty Conference, 1949, United States delegation Economics Commission, Asia and Far East, 1950-1953, 57-58, alternate representative, 1960-1962. Served to Lieutenant United States Naval Reserve, 1943-1945.
Member Phi Beta Kappa.
Married Maud M. Bordes, 1964. Children (by previous marriage): Rufus, Douglas, Royal