William Lewis Smith

Background

Smith, William Lewis was born on November 7, 1925 in Cleveland. Son of Floyd Holland and Florence (Goebelbecker) Smith.

Education

Student, John Carroll University. Student, Kent State University. Student, Darden School, University Virginia.

Career

With, Halle Brothers Company, Cleveland, 1946-1958; with, Hilton Hotel Corporation, various locations, 1958-1989; with, Statler Hilton, Cleveland, 1958-1961; with, Hilton Inn, Tarrytown, New York, 1961-1963; with, New York Hilton, New York City, 1963-1968; with, Conrad Hilton Hotel, Chicago, 1968-1978; with, Fontainebleau Hilton, Miami Beach, Florida, 1978-1980; with, Washington Hilton, 1980-1984; with, Chicago Hilton and Towers, 1984-1989; assistant secretary, Hilton Hotels Corporation, 1971-1989; with, Business Cons. International, Barrington, Illinois, since 1989. Visiting lector University of Wisconsin -Stout, 1974, U. Notre Dame, 1975, 76, U. Houston, 1980, Cornell Univercity, Ithaca, New York, 1987.

Achievements

• William Lewis Smith has been listed as a noteworthy hotel executive by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Board of directors Michigan Boulevard Association, 1968-1978, Good Shepherd Manor, Momence, Illinois, 1973-1989, Maur Hill Preparatory School, Atchison, Kansas, 1973-1979, Metropolitan Fair and Exposition Authority Chicago, 1975-1978, Chicago Convention and Visiting Bureau, Chicago Convention and Tourism Bureau, 1975-1978, 84-89, Miami Beach Visitor and Convention Authority, 1978-1980, Burnham Park Planning Board, 1984-1986. Member National.4-H Service Committee, 1969-1976, member of advisory committee, 1977-1978. Member of advisory board Mercy Hospital and Medical Center, Chicago, 1973-1978, 84-, Echols International Hotel Schools, Inc., 1984-1989.

Member District of Columbia Building Code Advisory Committee, 1981-1984, Near South Task Force Chicago Center Area Committee, 1984-1989. Member Executive Committee Washington Convention and Visitors Association, 1981-1984. Member hotel/motel management advisory board Howard U., 1983-1984.

Member business advisory council College Business Administrn., University of Illinois, Chicago, 1984-1986. Member steering committee South Side Planning Board,1984-1989. Served with United States Naval Reserve, 1943-1945.

Member American Hotel and Motel Association (life, executive engineer committee 1983-1989), Washington Hotel Association (board directors 1980-1984), Illinois Restaurant Association (board directors 1984-1989, chairman 1989), Hotel-Motel Association Illinois (board directors 1986-1989, life).

Connections

Married Dorothy Losch, August 2, 1945. Children: Diane, William, Bradley, Tracey.

Father:

Floyd Holland Smith

Mother:

Florence (Goebelbecker) Smith

Spouse:

Dorothy Losch

child:

Diane Smith

child:

William Smith

child:

Tracey Smith

child:

Bradley Smith