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Smith was the son of Edward North Smith (1868-1943), a prominent lawyer and judge, and his wife Alice Lamon Powers (1877-1906), the daughter of a wealthy businessman. His mother died in childbirth when Smith was eleven years old, and his father did not remarry until many years later. Smith attended
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