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Wall of Honor Level:
Air and Space Friend

Honored by:

SMITH,RICHARD, AUSTIN, writer; b. Clarksburg, W.Va., Dec. 3, 1911; s. Silias Morris and Mildred Margaret (Johnson) S.; student Mercerburg Acad., 1927-1931, Duke U., 1931-34; D.Litt., Salem (W.Va.) Coll., 1955; m. Kathleen Knox, May 20, 1939; children - Richard Austin, Roderick Sheldon. Writer industrial and occupational analyses U.S. Dept. of Labor, 1934-38; staff writer Think mag., pub. IBM Corp., 1939, asso. editor, 1939-1942; financial writer Time mag., 1946; S.C. corr. Time, Life and Fortune mags., 1946 -48; asso. editor Dixie mag., 1946-48; econ. corr. Time and Fortune mags. in Washington, 1948-50; asso. editor Fortune mag., 1950-58, mem. bd. editors, 1958-66, Trustee Gunston School, Centreville, Md., 1962-1970; dir. Salem (W.Va.) Coll., 1963-69. Served with AUS, 1943-46; mil. corr. ETO, 1944-45. Recipient Loeb Award, U. Conn., 1962; Ferris lectr. Trinity Coll., Hartford, 1966. Mem. Fiscal Corrs. Assn., Sigma Upsilon, Phi Eta Sigma. Clubs: Nat Press (Washington); Manhasset Bay Yacht. Author: The Sun Dial, 1942; Corporations in Crisis, 1963; Alaska and Hawaii; The Frontier States, 1968. Contbr. to One and Twenty (anthology of verse and short stories), 1946; Why Do People Buy?, 1953; Executive Life, 1956; The Art of Success, 1956; The Space Industry, 1962; editor: President's Report, Aviation Adv. Commn., 1971-72: The Long-Range Needs of Aviation 1972-2000. Home: Cove Nook Farm Noank CT also the Pilothouse Noank CT 06340