Gerald E. Smith ’70

Gerald E. Smith ’70, of Providence, R.I., formerly of Golden, Colo.; Apr. 15. Upon graduation from Brown, he worked in a research position with Brown’s Population Studies and Training Center. He then accepted an executive position with Breck’s of Boston, where he rose to the position of vice president of marketing research. He followed Breck’s of Boston with positions at Interstate Acceptance and Parker Associates prior to becoming president of Justin H. Smith Company. After he was married, he held positions as a commercial demographic interviewer in Rhode Island, Massachusetts, and New York. This was followed by work in consultant positions for organizations that centered around troubled teens and developmentally disabled adults who also had severe socio-psychological dysfunctions. He later was president of Human Dimensions Research. He is survived by a daughter, a son, two grandchildren, and several great-grandchildren.