Christopher Culver Smith ’51

Cul Smith died of spinal cancer on Dec. 26, 2000, in Palm Desert, Calif., the Smiths' winter home.

He was a native of Spokane and came to Princeton from Gonzaga Prep. At Princeton, Cul majored summa cum laude in history, was a member of Dial Lodge, Orange Key, the Memorial Fund, and Undergraduate Schools committees. Many of us will remember him as a ferocious tackle on our undefeated 1950 football team, which won the Lambert Trophy and was number eight in the United Press national gridiron poll.

Cul was a Navy lieutenant in the Korean conflict. Afterwards he joined the investment firm of Blyth & Co. in Spokane as an investment counselor, then as a corporate officer with Kidder, Peabody there.

Cul was a member of several civic and community organizations, particularly those involved with athletics and education. His interests included family and fly fishing. Of the latter, his wife, Jane, writes about a trip before Cul's death, "We were on a fishing trip to the Big Hole in Montana, and he fished circles around everyone."

In addition to Jane, Cul is survived by sons Tighe and Christopher, daughters Hilary and Deidre, brothers Whitney and Michael, sister Frances, and eight grandchildren.

The class will miss such a vibrant member.

The Class of 1951