Background
Smith, Winthrop Hiram was born on June 30, 1893 in South Hadley Falls, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Fred Merwin and Evelyn Helen (Bardwell) Smith.
Smith, Winthrop Hiram was born on June 30, 1893 in South Hadley Falls, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Fred Merwin and Evelyn Helen (Bardwell) Smith.
Graduate Philips Andover Academy, 1912. Bachelor of Arts, Amherst, 1916. Doctor of Laws, Colby College.
1956, Kenyon College, 1957.
Doctor of Humane Letters, Mount Holyoke College, 1958. One son, Bardwell Leith.
Upon graduation from Amherst, Smith joined Merrill Lynch & Company in 1916, just two years after the firm"s predecessor Charles East. Merrill & Company was founded. Smith"s career would span more than four decades as he would ultimately serve as directing partner of the firm. In 1940 and 1941, Smith was an architect of Merill"s transformative mergers including East.A. Pierce & Company and Cassatt & Company in 1940 followed by the acquisition of Fenner & Beane in 1941.
In 1958, Smith handed over day-to-day control of the firm, at the time known as Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Beane.
In recognition of his role in building Merrill into a leading national brokerage, Smith"s name was added to that of the firm becoming Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith. Smith"s name replaced that of Alpheus Beane"s who firm Fenner & Beane had merged with Merrill in 1941.
Smith is the father of Winthrop H. Smith Junior. a former Merrill Lynch executive. He died on January 10, 1961 in Litchfield, Connecticut.
Member Minneapolis Grain Exchange, New York Stock Exchange (former governor), Association Stock Exchange Firms (former governor). Mason.; Clubs: Southside Sportsmans, University, Downtown Association, Brook, Metropolitan (New York City).
Married second, Vivian Gordon Brown Linke, February 22, 1947. Children: Winthrop, Gordon.