Hermon Emerson Smith Jr. ’34

Herm Smith, vice president of Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co. in Lynn, Mass., until it was sold and he retired, died Aug. 9, 2006, in Ossipee, N.H. He was 94.

Since retiring in 1974, he had been an active volunteer, driving for the Red Cross and performing all sorts of duties at the Salem (Mass.) Hospital, where, in 1989, he received the Pauline Davenport Volunteer Award in appreciation of his outstanding contributions and distinguished record of service.

During World War II, Herm served as a major in the 697th Field Artillery Battalion, and he was the author of The Informal History of the 697th Field Artillery Battalion about its travels from Italy to France, Germany, and Austria.

Herm's marriage to Catherine Campbell in 1936 ended, after two children, in divorce in 1945. He later moved to Marblehead, Mass., where he met and married Priscilla Dillingham of Swampscot, and had two more children. Priscilla died in 1982. Surviving are Duncan C. Smith '58, Hermon E. Smith III, Pamala Dillingham Harvey, and Norman Slade Smith; nine grandchildren, and 10 great-grandchildren.

The Class of 1934