Background
Smith was born in Seattle, Washington, in 1923 and earned a bachelor"s and law degree from the University of Washington, entering as an undergraduate at 16 years old.
Smith was born in Seattle, Washington, in 1923 and earned a bachelor"s and law degree from the University of Washington, entering as an undergraduate at 16 years old.
Bachelor, University Washington, 1944. Juris Doctor, University Washington, 1946. Master of Arts in Economics, University Washington, 1950.
Postgraduate, Columbia University, 1949. Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), Columbia University, 1957. Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), Hood College, 1977.
Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), Ottawa University, 1974. Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), Alverno College, 1982. Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), De Paul University, 1982.
Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), Gettysburg College, 1983. Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), Empire State College/State University of New York, 1986. Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), Seattle Pacific University, 1986.
Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), Rhode Island College, 1978. Data Control Language (honorary), Bloomfield College, 1985. DH (honorary), Alfred University, 1985.
Price economist, Seattle District Office Price Administration, 1944-1946;
instructor economics and business, College of Puget Sound, Tacoma, 1947-1948;
instructor economics and business, Seattle Pacific College, 1949-1950;
assistant professor, Seattle Pacific College, 1950-1951;
associate professor, Seattle Pacific College, 1951-1952;
department chairman economics and business, Seattle Pacific College, 1950-1952;
program coordinator, Institute Indianapolis Rels. University of California, Berkeley, 1952-1960;
administrative assistant, Institute Indianapolis Rels. University of California, Berkeley, 1958-1960;
assistant to vice president, Institute Indianapolis Rels.
University of California, Berkeley, 1962-1965;
assistant vice president, Institute Indianapolis Rels. University of California, Berkeley, 1965-1967;
associate firm, Sam Kagel, San Francisco, 1958-1967;
assistant director, Carnegie Commision on Higher Education, Berkeley, 1967-1971;
associate director, Carnegie Commision on Higher Education, Berkeley, 1971-1973;
director fund for improvement of postsecondary education, Department of Health, Education and Welfare, Washington, 1973-1977;
president, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, New York, 1977-1986;
acting president, Mills College, Oakland, California, 1990-1991. Associate counsel to trustee Yuba Consolidated Industries, 1963-1964.
Member American-Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics Seminar on Higher Education, 1976. Faculty member Salzburg (Austria) Seminar in American Studies, summer, 1976. Member communications of Scholars, Illinois Bd.Higher Education, 1975, United States Delaware to Paris Organization of European Cooperation and Development Conference on Higher Education, 1973.
Director Marine Midland Banks, 1977-1990, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, since 1986.
Chairman Berkeley Pers. Board, 1970-1973; trustee Ednl. Testing Svc., 1977-1981, chairman, 1981.
Trustee Carnegie Foundation for Advancement of Teaching, 1980-1983, Culinary Institute American, 1980-1986. Member Defense Advisory Committee on Women inthe Superior vena cava syndrome, 1979-1981. Member American Bar Association (chairman commission nonprofl. legal studies in colleges universities 1984-1989), Association American Colls.
(board directors 1977-1982, vice chairman 1981, chairman 1982), Society Values in Higher Education (president of the board directors 1981-1986).