Background
Smith, Willard Adelbert was born on September 20, 1849 in Kenosha, Wisconsin, United States. Son of William Harrison and Mehitable (Allen) Smith.
Smith, Willard Adelbert was born on September 20, 1849 in Kenosha, Wisconsin, United States. Son of William Harrison and Mehitable (Allen) Smith.
Bachelor of Arts, Shurtleff College, 1869, Master of Arts, 1875, Doctor of Laws, 1906. Bachelor of Laws, Washington University, 1871.
Publisher and editor of the Railway Review, since 1873. Chief of department of transportation, exhibits, Chicago Exposition, 1893. Director of transportation and civil engineering American Commission to Paris Exposition, 1900.
Chief department transportation, Saint Louis Exposition, 1904.
United States delegate to International Railway Congress, Paris, 1900, Washington, 1905. Trustee University of Chicago.
Patron and honorary curator Field Museum of Natural History. Home: Kenilworth, Illinois.
Married Maria C. Dickinson, May 1, 1872.