Stanford magazine obituary, July/August 1998:
Walter Addison Smith, '42, of Pine Cay, Turks and Caicos Islands, British West Indies, March 24, at 78, of prostate cancer. At Stanford, he was a member of Alpha Delta Tau and of the track and field team. He served in the Navy during World War II as commanding officer of the USS Destiny in the South Pacific. After the war, he joined Exxon Corp., where he was operations manager for New England. In 1960, he formed and managed 150 Trust and 120 Trust, which owned North Station, Boston Garden and other commercial real estate properties. He was a member of the president's circle of the National Academy of Sciences, director of Associates of Cape Cod, president of the board of trustees at Shore Country Day School in Beverly, Mass., and senior warden of Christ Church in Hamilton, Mass. A trustee of Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, he was honored with the Cecil H. Green Award for his contributions to oceanographic research. He and his wife were members of The President's Fund at Stanford. Survivors: his wife, Hope; five children, Jessica Smith James, Eliza Smith Cushman, Charles, William and Hope; his sister, Sarah Snell; and seven grandchildren.