RICHARD P. SMITH ’36

RICHARD P. SMITH, 91, the retired vice president, general counsel, and secretary of the Board of Directors of the Phoenix Mutual Life Insurance Company, died Apr. 27, 2006. After receiving his degree with high distinction in economics, he received a law degree from the Hartford College of Law (now the University of Connecticut Law School). He was a member of Alpha Chi Rho and served in the U.S. Army during World War II as Judge Advocate General of the 9th and 71st infantry divisions. After the war he wrote several articles about the Nuremberg trials. Active in politics, he served a term as the mayor of West Hartford. Survivors include his wife, Elizabeth Taylor Smith, two daughters, and two grandsons.