Clement A. Smith

Clement Andrew Smith (1901 – December 31, 1988) was an American pediatrician and the editor-in-chief of the journal Pediatrics. Though he did not consider himself to be a neonatologist, much of his work concerned the care of the newborn infant. He was associated with Harvard Medical School for several decades and served a term as president of the American Pediatric Society.

Biography

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Smith was born in Ann Arbor, Michigan. His father, Shirley Smith, had been a University of Michigan English professor and vice president. Smith attended the University of Michigan, where he earned a master's degree in English and a medical degree. He joined Boston Children's Hospital as a physician in 1931.[1] With his colleagues at Harvard, Smith conducted research on the oxygen–hemoglobin dissociation curve in newborn babies to determine their oxygen requirements.[2]

Smith was the editor-in-chief of the journal Pediatrics for more than a decade.[3] He was the 1965-66 president of the American Pediatric Society.[4] He received the society's highest honor, the John Howland Award, in 1976.[5] The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) Section on Perinatal Pediatrics gave him its first Virginia Apgar Award in 1975, recognizing his work with newborns.[6]

Smith was married to Margaret Earhart, who died in 1960. His second wife, Radcliffe College president Mary Bunting, survived him.[7]

References

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  1. ^ "Clement Andrew Smith Papers". Boston Children's Hospital. Retrieved February 21, 2016.
  2. ^ Longo, Lawrence D. (2013). The rise of fetal and neonatal physiology: Basic science to clinical care. New York, NY: Springer New York. pp. 16–17. ISBN 978-1461479215. Retrieved February 21, 2016.
  3. ^ Lucey, Jerold; Haggerty, Robert (January 1974). "A tribute to Dr. Clement A. Smith". Pediatrics. 53 (1): 1. doi:10.1542/peds.53.1.1. S2CID 70616964. Retrieved February 21, 2016.
  4. ^ "APS Past Presidents". American Pediatric Society. Retrieved February 21, 2016.
  5. ^ "John Howland Award". American Pediatric Society. Retrieved February 21, 2016.
  6. ^ "Apgar Award". American Academy of Pediatrics. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved February 21, 2016.
  7. ^ "Clement A. Smith, 87, professor of pediatrics". The New York Times. January 2, 1989. Retrieved February 21, 2016.
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