Sherman Allen Smith

Background

Smith, Sherman Allen was born on January 17, 1920 in Hamburg, Iowa, United States. Son of West Floyd and Lillie Margret (Allen) Smith.

Education

Student, Iowa State University, 1937-1939.

Career

Draftsman, designer, Clay Equipment Corporation, 1940-1941; designer, checker, Day & Zimmerman Inc., 1941-1942; structural designer, physical plan coordinator blast furnace design, Carnegie Illinois Steel Corporation, 1946; designer, field superintendent housing, Pennsylvania Construction Company, 1947-1948; architectural and structural designer, Federal Engineering Company, 1949-1950; project engineer, Silas Mason-Mason Hanger, 1951-1953; president, Sherman Smith & Associations, Burlington, Iowa., 1953-1986; Chairman of the Board, Sherman Smith & Associations, Burlington, Iowa., 1953-1986; president, Smith Engineering Associations Inc., 1986-1991.

Achievements

• Sherman Allen Smith has been listed as a noteworthy Consulting engineer by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member plan development committee Area 5 Iowa Health Systems Agency, 1975-1981. Chairman.Burlington Construction Board Appeals, 1973-1983. Member of advisory board Center Industrial Research and Svc., Iowa State University, 1980-1984.

President of the board directors Environmental and Pollution Control Council, 1973-1985. Board directors Des Moines County Health Superior vena cava syndrome Council, 1974-1980. Member Des Moines County Resource Conservation and Development Committee, since 1974.

Chairman, Board Of Directors Iowa-Cedar River Conservancy District, 1980-1982. Chairman Des Moines County Soil Commissioners, since 1986. Executive Board Geode & Wonderland Resource and Conservation Board, since 1984, vice chairman, since 1989.

Secretary, councilor Iowa Resource and Conservation Depts. County co-chairman Republican Party, 1986-1990. Member audit committee United Way, since 1986.

Com.chmn. Upper Mississippi Flood Control Association With C.E., United States Army, 1942-1945. Fellow American Cons. Engineers Council (past president award 1976, chairman professional standards committee 1973-1976, chairman ethical practices committee 1973-1977).

Member NSPE (life, past Chairman of the Board ethical review), American Water Works Association (life), Water Pollution Control Federation, American Society for Testing and Materials, Iowa Engineering Society (life, Marstonaward 1960, past president, Distinguished Service award 1978), Cons. Engineers Council Iowa (principal representative, past president, past board directors), History Preservation Commission Burington.

Connections

Married Mary Elizabeth Uhler, April 9, 1944. Children: Sherman Uhler, Sharon Elizabeth, Gregory Allen.

Father:

West Floyd Smith

Mother:

Lillie Margret (Allen) Smith

Spouse:

Mary Elizabeth Uhler

child:

Sharon Elizabeth Smith

child:

Gregory Allen Smith

child:

Sherman Uhler Smith