Background
Smith, Samuel Edwin was born on August 31, 1861 in Gosport, Indiana, United States. Son of John W. (Doctor of Medicine and Mary E. (Davis) S.
Smith, Samuel Edwin was born on August 31, 1861 in Gosport, Indiana, United States. Son of John W. (Doctor of Medicine and Mary E. (Davis) S.
Bachelor of Science, Indiana University, 1882, Master of Science, 1885. Doctor of Medicine, University of Louisville, 1884.
Practiced at Gosport, 1884-1888. Assistant physical Northern Indiana Hospital for Insane, Logansport, 1888-1891. Medical superintendent Eastern Indiana Hospital for Insane, Richmond, 1891-1923.
Planned and supervised construction Southeastern Indiana Hospital for Insane at Madison, Indiana.
President of commission on location of Indiana State Penal Farm, 1913, and advisor to board of trustees. Chairman Joint Purchasing Committee for all Indiana public institutions
Member Indiana Committee on Mental Defectives. Committee on Relocation of Indiana Reformatory.
Executive Committee Riley Memorial Hospital for Children.
Chairman of Commission to investigate Saint Elizabeth’s Hospital, Washington, also of commission to recommend changes in laws of commitment of mental cases to Federal institutions and make Saint Elizabeth’s Hospital a training school for psychiatrists. Alumni trustee Indiana University, 1916-1925, and provost, since 1923.
Member American Medico-Psychological Association (president 1914-1915), National Conference Charities and Correction, Indiana State Conference Charities and Correction (president 1910).
Married Martha June Rogers, May 6, 1891. Children: Edwin Rogers, Samuel Rogers.