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American diplomat
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Male
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Birth:
25 January 1918
Death:
13 April 2012
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Education:
University of Paris
Dartmouth College
Columbia University
Columbia Law School
The details
Biography
- For the British recycled-packaging firm started by David Solomon Smith, see DS Smith
David Shiverick Smith (January 25, 1918 – April 13, 2012) was the United States ambassador to Sweden from 1976–1977.
Smith was born in Omaha, Nebraska, the son of Anna (née Shiverick) and Floyd Monroe Smith. He was appointed by President Dwight D. Eisenhower as a trustee of the National Cultural Center. Smith was a Board member of the Council of American Ambassadors. He graduated magna cum laude from Dartmouth College (where he was a member of Phi Beta Kappa), the Sorbonne, and Columbia University Law School.
His niece was actress Anne Ramsey.