Glee Sidney Smith Jr. (April 29, 1921 – November 16, 2015) was an American politician, lawyer, and businessman.

Career

He was a member of the

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from 1957 to 1973 and was a Republican; during his term he was Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, Chairman of the Senate Ways and Means Committee, and President pro tempore (1965–1973). He served on the

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Board of Education and was president of the board. Smith was involved with the banking and insurance businesses. Smith also served an appointment by President

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to the Board of the National Legal Services Corporation from 1975 to 1985.

Education

He received his bachelor's degree in journalism, in 1943 from the

University of Kansas The University of Kansas (KU) is a public research university with its main campus in Lawrence, Kansas, United States. Two branch campuses are in the Kansas City metropolitan area on the Kansas side: the university's medical school and hospital ...

and his law degree from the

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, in 1947; Smith was admitted to the Kansas Bar in 1947. He was also a veteran of the

United States Army Air Forces The United States Army Air Forces (USAAF or AAF) was the major land-based aerial warfare service component of the United States Army and ''de facto'' aerial warfare service branch of the United States during and immediately after World War II ...

and

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. He was a member of the Kansas Bar Association.

Death

Smith died on November 16, 2015, in

Lawrence, Kansas Lawrence is a city in and the county seat of Douglas County, Kansas, United States, and the sixth-largest city in the state. It is in the northeastern sector of the state, astride Interstate 70 in Kansas, Interstate 70, between the Kansas River ...

References

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