In August 1945, Rear Admiral Smith was assigned as Commander, Third 

 Coast Guard District, New York, and later (in May 1946) was designated 

 the additional post of Commander, Eastern Area. He was also Captain-of- 

 the-Port of New York, having supervision of all activities in this respect 

 in the states within the Third District boundaries. In addition to these 

 duties he served on the Staff of Applied Physics Laboratory of the John 

 Hopkins University from 1946 to 1949. He was also Project Leader, Weapons 

 System Evaluation Group, Office of the Secretary of Defense from 1949 to 

 1951. He retired from his New York post on June 30, 1950, with more than 

 40 years of Coast Guard service. At that time he accepted the position 

 of Director of the internationally famous Oceanographic Institution at Woods 

 Hole, Massachusetts, of which he had been a trustee for several years, and 

 where he remained until 1956. He was appointed to the Naval Research 

 Advisory Committee, Department of the Navy, on February 15, 1953. From 

 the first of his retirement on, he continued to be active in promoting the Coast 

 Guard's safety program with shipping and with aircraft flying over water 

 areas. 



Rear Admiral Smith was a member of the American Geophysical Union, the 

 Arctic Institute of North America, the Aero-Arctic Society, and the Pro- 

 peller Club of New York. He held an unlimited master's license in the 

 American Merchant Marine. He also lectured at the University of Washington. 

 Rear Admiral Smith leaves his wife, Mrs. Isabel B. Smith, formerly 

 Miss Brier of Maiden, Massachusetts, and three children, Porter Hulsart, 

 Stuart Edward, and Jermiah. 



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