Thomas Clair Smith

Background

Smith, Thomas Clair was born on March 14, 1925 in Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of William Bryan and Edna Louise (Thomas) Smith.

Education

Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering, Pennsylvania State University, 1946. Associate, Alexander Hamilton Business Institute, 1949.

Career

Structural test engineer, Chance Vought Aircraft Company, Bridgeport, Connecticut, 1946-1948; test engineer, Federal Mogul Bearings Company, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, 1949-1951; fuse engineer to manager materials, Hamilton Watch Company (name now Hamilton Technology), Lancaster, Pennsylvania, 1952-1970; plant manager, Woodstream Corporation, Lititz, Pennsylvania, 1970-1979; vice president marketing, Woodstream Corporation, Lititz, Pennsylvania, 1980-1996. Faculty, coach Lacrosse Franklin and Marshall College, Lancaster, 1950-1953.

Achievements

• Thomas Clair Smith has been listed as a noteworthy manufacturing company executive by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

President board directors Lancaster County Mental Health Association, 1952-1960, Lancaster County Community Service Center, 1968-1978. President, board directors American Cancer Society, 1970-1972, board directors, 1965-1997, life board directors, since 1998. Board directors Hearing Conservation Association, Lancaster, 1955-1960, American Red Cross, Lancaster, 1967-1986, United Way, Lancaster, 1968-1972, Ephrata (Pennsylvania) Area Rehabilitation Center, since 1986, Grave Concern, Inc., since 1994.

President Ephrata (Pennsylvania) Area Rehabilitation Foundation, since 1997. Member All-American Lacrosse Team, 1945, Heritage Center Lancaster, since 1980, Indiana County History Society, since 1984, Greene County History Society, Waynesburg, Pennsylvania, since 1985, Selective Service Board, since 1992. Trustee Lancaster County History Society, 1992-1998, member, since 1983.

Judge elections, Lancaster County, 1994-2001. Member Order of Crown of Charlemagne in United States of America (life), Pennsylvania State University Alumni Club (life), Pennsylvania Sons of Revolution (board directors, secretary since 1990), Phi Delta Theta (president Pennsylvania State University chapter 1945), Wheatland Tennis Club (vice president 1990-1994, president 1995-1996). Clubs: Lancaster Country (chairman tennis committee 1960-1975).

Interests

• Avocations: genealogy, tennis, skiing.

Connections

Married Marilyn Louise Globisch, May 29, 1948. Children: Claudia Lynn Smith Holtry, Craig Randall.

Father:

William Bryan Smith

Mother:

Edna Louise (Thomas) Smith

Spouse:

Marilyn Louise Globisch

child:

Craig Randall Smith

child:

Claudia Lynn Smith Holtry Smith