David Shiverick Smith (January 25, 1918 – April 13, 2012) was the

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from 1976–1977. Smith was born in Omaha, Nebraska, the son of Anna (née Shiverick) and Floyd Monroe Smith. He was appointed by President

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as a

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of the National Cultural Center and was a board member of the

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. He graduated

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from

Dartmouth College Dartmouth College ( ) is a Private university, private Ivy League research university in Hanover, New Hampshire, United States. Established in 1769 by Eleazar Wheelock, Dartmouth is one of the nine colonial colleges chartered before the America ...

(where he was a member of

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), the Sorbonne, and

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. His niece was actress

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References

External links

David S. Smith on politicalgraveyard.com

David S. Smith on Council of American Ambassadors

Google Books
Ambassadors of the United States to Sweden 1918 births 2012 deaths Dartmouth College alumni University of Paris alumni Columbia Law School alumni {{US-diplomat-stub