Gerald F. Smith ’56 PhD

Gerald F. Smith ’56 PhD, of Hilton Head Island, S.C., formerly of Bethlehem, Pa.; Jan. 23, after a short illness. He was an assistant professor at Lehigh and Yale universities, an associate professor at the University of Wisconsin, and full professor and head of the Center for the Application of Mathematics at Lehigh University from 1956 until his retirement in 1995. His work, which focused on invariant theory, won international acclaim, and he published more than 50 papers. He served on the editorial board of Journal of Rational Mechanics and Analysis and published Constitutive Equations for Anisotropic and Isotropic Materials in 1994. He enjoyed listening to classical music, reading, playing golf, traveling, and especially playing tennis. He won many tournaments in singles and doubles in Bethlehem. He was a U.S. Army World War II veteran. He is survived by his wife, Marie Madden Smith ’58 ScM; a sister; and many nieces and nephews.