Smith, Stanton B. oral history interview

Authors

Nicholas Christie

Document Type

Oral History

Publication Date

6-29-2001

Interview Number

MOH 289

Abstract

Stanton Smith was born March 10, 1920 in Lewiston, Maine. His father, Paul Rexford Smith was a local dentist and Bates College graduate, class of 1915. His mother, Marjorie (Shaw) Smith was a graduate of Simmons College and taught Home Economics for several years. Stanton graduated from Bates, in the class of 1941, with a major in Chemistry. He was an avid trumpeter in the Bates Bobcats. In 1941, while working at Kodak, Smith had an opportunity to work on the Manhattan Project, which he pursued. He went on after the war to get a Ph.D. from the University of Rochester in 1948. He worked in the carbon chemicals field and has extensive dealings with environmental legislation and its direct impact on the chemical industry. He grew up in the same neighborhood as Frank Coffin.

Scope and Content Note

Interview includes discussions of: educational and family background; Androscoggin River; Bates Bobcats; Bates College; Manhattan Project; Pittsburgh Coke and Chemical; activated carbon; Walter Lawrance and the environment; solvent recovery; Sri Lanka; Frank Coffin as a child; Brooks Quimby; Manchester, New Hampshire incident; and William Loeb.

Use Restrictions

Copyright Bates College. This transcript is provided for individual Research Purposes Only; for all other uses, including publication, reproduction and quotation beyond fair use, permission must be obtained in writing from: The Edmund S. Muskie Archives and Special Collections Library, Bates College, 70 Campus Avenue, Lewiston, Maine 04240-6018.

Recommended Citation

Christie, Nicholas, "Smith, Stanton B. oral history interview" (2001). Edmund S. Muskie Oral History Collection. 367.
https://scarab.bates.edu/muskie_oh/367