Harold Smith | |
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| 6th Director of theBureau of the Budget | |
| In office April 15, 1939 – June 19, 1946 | |
| President | Franklin D. Roosevelt Harry S. Truman |
| Preceded by | Daniel W. Bell |
| Succeeded by | James E. Webb |
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| Born | Harold Dewey Smith (1898-06-06)June 6, 1898 Haven,Kansas, U.S. |
| Died | January 23, 1947(1947-01-23) (aged 48) Culpeper,Virginia, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse | Lilian Mayer(1926–1947) |
| Education | University of Kansas, Lawrence(BS) University of Michigan, Ann Arbor(MA) |
Harold Dewey Smith (June 6, 1898 – January 23, 1947) was anAmerican civil servant who served as director of the United States Bureau of the Budget (now theOffice of Management and Budget) during theSecond World War.
Harold Dewey Smith was born on June 6, 1868.
Born inHaven, Kansas, Smith was the son of James William Smith and his wife, Miranda,née Ebling. After serving in theUnited States Navy during theFirst World War, Smith attended theUniversity of Kansas, where he earned a degree in engineering, and theUniversity of Michigan, where he received anA.M. in public administration. Upon graduating from the University of Michigan, Smith returned to Kansas, where he worked for the League of Kansas Municipalities for three years. In 1928, Smith moved back to Michigan to serve as the first director of theMichigan Municipal League.[1] From 1934 until 1937, he was also Director of Government at the University of Michigan.
He was an apprentice seaman in the US Naval Reserve Force.
In 1937, Smith left both the Michigan Municipal League and the University of Michigan to become the Budget Director for the state of Michigan. In 1939, he was selected by PresidentFranklin D. Roosevelt to serve as the Director of the Bureau of the Budget. Smith served in that position for seven years, during which time he handled the enormous expansion of spending resulting from American participation in the Second World War. He resigned from the position in June 1946 to become the vice president of theInternational Bank for Reconstruction and Development,[2] but died shortly thereafter inCulpeper, Virginia. After his death, his widow donated all of his papers to theFranklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum. He is buried in Arlington National Cemetery. His nephew Donald L. Shannon, who died in 1945, was buried next to him and his wife.
He died on January 23, 1947. He was buried in Section 10 EH, Site 11056 at Arlington National Cemetery.
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