Background
Smith, Waring Grant was born on December 2, 1916 in Cleveland. Son of Earl Grant and Marguerite Gladys (Herrick) Smith.
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Smith, Waring Grant was born on December 2, 1916 in Cleveland. Son of Earl Grant and Marguerite Gladys (Herrick) Smith.
Student, Cleveland School Art, 1934; Bachelor of Fine Arts, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, 1938; postgraduate, John Huntington Polytechnic Institute, 1939-1940; postgraduate, Fenn College, 1942.
Branch advisory manager, Kroger Grocery and Baking Company, Cleveland, 1939-1941;
assistant advisory manager, Iron Fireman, Cleveland, 1949-1950;
account executive, Batten, Barton, Durstine and Osborne, Cleveland, 1950-1956;
account supervisor, Ketchum, MacLeod and Grove, Pittsburgh, 1956-1970;
owner, manager, Skipper's Cottage Resort, Marblehead, Ohio., 1971-1977;
owner, Waring Advertising Agency and Studio, Akron, Ohio., since 1971. Consultant Boy Scouts of America, Pitts, 1963-1970. Instructor United States Power Squadron, 1974-1981.
Dir communications Peace Grows Inc., Akron, since 1985. Manager pub.rels. Alternatives to Violence, since 1985.
Founder, director Youth-Adult Council, 1948-1952. Treasurer East Harbor Improvement Association, 1972-1975. Member City Charter Commission, Eastlake, Ohio.
Scout master, explorer post advisor, Boy Scouts American, 1957-1970. Lieutenant United States Coast Guard, 1941-1945. Member C&D Investment Club (president 1958-1959), Association Industrial Advertisers (board directors 1967-1970), Sierra Club (director Portage Trail Group).
Married Thelma Edith Mansbridge, August 11, 1945 (deceased April 1979). Children: Mark Leland, Quentin Grant, Grant Waring. Married Lillian Griffin St. John, May 16.
1981 (divorced June 1985). 1 stepchild, Anne.