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Sept. 1, 2002
 Mr.
Smith, an attorney, died Sept. 1 at his home in Belmont, Mass., at
77, after a battle with cancer.
During his career, Mr. Smith had
worked as a counsel in litigation
in the law department of the John
Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Co.
in Boston. A member of the American
Bar Association (ABA), he had been
active on numerous ABA committees.
Mr. Smith had also been involved
in community affairs in Belmont,
serving as a town meeting member
for many years. In addition, he had
been a volunteer at Mount Auburn
Hospital in Cambridge, Mass.
A member and past vice president
of the board of directors of the
Goose Rocks Beach Association in
Kennebunkport, Maine, Mr. Smith was
honored by the association for his
35 years of service as a dedicated
volunteer.
A World War II veteran, he served
in the Navy as a navigation officer
aboard the USS Sabik in the
Pacific. Following the war, he received
his degree from Boston University
School of Law; he then completed
an advanced managerial program at
the Massachusetts Institute of Technology;
and a business program at Columbia
University in New York City.
Mr. Smith had been an active Holy
Cross alumnus, serving as the past
editor of the Crossbow and
as the past president of the Holy
Cross Club of Boston, the General
Alumni Association (GAA) and the
Alumni Sodality. A former member
of the Alumni Board, the Alumni Board
Senate and the Athletic Council,
he had served on various GAA committees,
including In Hoc Signo; Nominations & Elections;
the Alumni Executive Committee; Budget & Finance;
the GAA Study Committee; and the
Summer Fellowship Committee. He had
also been a member of the committee
to establish the Sanctae Crucis Awards.
Mr. Smith had been the chairman of
his 50th-class reunion; a Holy Cross
class chair and class agent and a
member of the President’s Council.
He was a recipient of the In Hoc
Signo Award in 1966 and the Monsignor
Haberlin Award.
Mr. Smith is survived by his wife,
Ann; two sons; two daughters, including
Janet M. ’78; a sister; nine
grandchildren; and many nephews and
nieces.
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