Howard Bradley Smith
Born1894
Ong, Nebraska
Occupation(s)author, lecturer, educator, memory expert
SpouseMyrtle Adee (m. 1920; div) Elisabeth Ross (m. 1936)
Children
  • Ivan (b. 1922)
  • Gregg (b. 1931)
  • Karen (b. 1937)

Howard Bradley Smith was an author,[1][2] lecturer[3] and memory expert.[4][5][6]

With the post–World War II economic expansion requiring improved bureaucratic organization,[7] Smith authored two books focused on the new pursuit of "executive skills": How to Remember Names and Faces[1] and Developing Your Executive Ability.[2] From the 1940s through the 1960s, under the banner of the Redpath Lecture Bureau (previously Boston Lyceum Bureau), he made lecture appearances demonstrating a mnemonic approach to remembering names and faces. During the late 1950s he lectured on improved executive skills and memory for the Dale Carnegie Institute.[3]

Early life, marriage, and family

Smith was born in Ong, Nebraska in 1894 and attended Peru State College, where he received his A.B. and M.Ed and served as editor of The Peru Normalite.[8] Smith moved to Chicago in 1920 where he married Mildred Adee and had two sons, Ivan Smith (b. 1922) and Gregg Smith (b. 1931). In 1936 he married Elisabeth Ross and had a daughter, Karen (b. 1937).

References

  1. 1 2 Smith, Howard (1941). How To Remember Names and Faces. Chicago: The Hensley co.
  2. 1 2 Smith, Howard (1946). Developing Your Executive Ability. New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company. LCCN 46006809. Archived from the original on 2020-10-14. Retrieved 2020-10-13.
  3. 1 2 "The Dale Carnegie Story". The Arizona Republic. September 1959. p. 45. Archived from the original on October 14, 2020. Retrieved October 13, 2020.
  4. ↑ "A discussion on "How To Remember Names and Faces"". The Indianapolis Star. Indianapolis, Indiana. April 19, 1964. p. 70.
  5. ↑ "Memory Expert Pleases 150 At Annual C. of C. Banquet". Logansport Press. Logansport, Indiana. March 18, 1947. p. 1.
  6. ↑ "News Items of Local Interest". Rushville Republican. April 23, 1964. p. 10.
  7. ↑ Joyce, Thompson Heames; Harvey, Michael (2006). "The Evolution of the Concept of the Executive" (PDF). Journal of Leadership and Organizational Studies. 13 (2): 31. doi:10.1177/10717919070130020301. S2CID 143979427.
  8. ↑ "Editors". The Peru Normalite. November 29, 1916. p. 2.
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