Background
Smith, Sylvester Comstock was born on August 27, 1894 in Phillipsburg, New Jersey, United States. Son of Sylvester C. and Mary Elizabeth (Davis) Smith.
Smith, Sylvester Comstock was born on August 27, 1894 in Phillipsburg, New Jersey, United States. Son of Sylvester C. and Mary Elizabeth (Davis) Smith.
Student Lafayette College, Doctor of Laws, 1951. Bachelor of Laws, New York Law School, 1918, Doctor of Laws, 1962. Doctor of Laws, Marietta College, 1962, Seton Hall University, 1963, Pace College, 1971.
March 1958); children—Page Elizabeth (Mistress William South. Bigelow), Thalia Barbara (Mistress Elbert East. Husted, III). Admitted to New Jersey bar, 1917, practiced in Phillipsburg, 1917-1938. Member Smith & Smith.
Town attorney Phillipsburg, 1921-1941.
Prosecutor pleas Warren County, New Jersey, 1912-1938. General counsel Prudential Insurance Company American, 1948-1963.
Counsel Carpenter, Bennett & Morrissey, Newark, 1963-1981. Commissioner, New Jersey Highway Authority, 1955-1974, treasurer, 1955-1965, chairman, 1965-1970, treasurer 1970-1974.
President Bureau Municipal Research, Newark, 1960-1963.
President New York Law School, New York City, 1964-1975. Trustee Pace College, 1968-1975.
Served as seaman United States Navy, 1918. Member International, Inter-American, American (Chairman of Commission supreme court proposals 1937, Board of Governors 1940-1943, chairman of the section administrative law 1946-1947, chairman house of deals 1958-1960, president 1962-1963), New Jersey State (president 1940-1941), Warren County (president 1938), City New York bar associations American Judicature Society, American Law Institute, Association Life Insurance Counsel (president), Chi Phi. Mason.; Clubs: Essex (Newark).
Married Thalia Graff, May 17, 1922 (deceased. Children: Page Elizabeth (Mistress William South. Bigelow), Thalia Barbara (Mistress Elbert East. Husted, III).