Great-grandson of Byron L. Smith, founder of Northern Trust.
[1] Chairman of the Illinois Republican Party, 1993-98.
Father: Harold B. Smith, Sr.
Mother: Pauline Hart
Wife: Denise
High School: Choate School (1951)
University: BS, Princeton University (1955)
University: MBA, Northwestern University (1957)
Administrator: Trustee, Northwestern University
Illinois Tool Works Vice Chairman (1981)
Illinois Tool Works President and COO (1972-81)
Illinois Tool Works EVP (1968-72)
Illinois Tool Works (1954-68)
Member of the Board of Illinois Tool Works (1968-)
Member of the Board of Northern Trust (1974-)
Member of the Board of Northwestern Mutual (1973-)
Member of the Board of W.W. Grainger (1981-)
Adler Planetarium
Boys & Girls Clubs of America Board of Directors
Economic Club of Chicago
Republican National Committee (1976-)
Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke's Medical Center Trustee
