DOROTHY P. SMITH MA’49

DOROTHY P. SMITH MA’49, an inorganic chemist who retired as editor of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Science, died July 13, 2014. She was 88. After receiving her degree from Goucher College and her master’s from Wesleyan, she worked as a rubber analytical chemist with U.S. Rubber, later joining the U.S.D.A. as a project leader. After then teaching high school and college chemistry, she received her doctorate in inorganic chemistry from Georgetown University. While working at the American Chemical Society she initially brought the story about the destruction of the ozone layer by chlorofluorocarbons to the attention of the public. In 1980 she became an editor at the National Academy of Science, where she remained until her retirement in 1996. She was a member of several professional organizations and had been elected both to Phi Beta Kappa and to Sigma Xi. Predeceased by her husband, Harold E. Smith ’49, her daughter and two nieces survive.