# David Chadwick Smith

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Canadian economist

**David Chadwick Smith** [CM](/source/Order_of_Canada) [FRSC](/source/Fellow_of_the_Royal_Society_of_Canada) (August 12, 1931 – May 22, 2000) was a [Canadian](/source/Canadians) [economist](/source/Economist), and the sixteenth Principal of [Queen's University](/source/Queen's_University_at_Kingston) from 1984 to 1994.

Smith was born in [Ootacamund](/source/Ooty), [British India](/source/British_India) to Canadian parents who were Baptist missionaries. The family moved back to the Simcoe area of Ontario when he was eight years old. He was educated at [McMaster University](/source/McMaster_University), [Oxford University](/source/Oxford_University), and [Harvard University](/source/Harvard_University) and then taught at [University of California, Berkeley](/source/University_of_California%2C_Berkeley) before coming to Queen's in 1961, joining the Department of Economics.[1]

In 1993, he was made a member of the [Order of Canada](/source/Order_of_Canada). He was made a fellow of the [Royal Society of Canada](/source/Royal_Society_of_Canada) in 1976.

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** [https://www.queensu.ca/encyclopedia/s/smith-david-chadwick](https://www.queensu.ca/encyclopedia/s/smith-david-chadwick)

- ["David Chadwick Smith"](https://web.archive.org/web/20060527050150/http://www.queensu.ca/secretariat/History/people/smith.html). Archived from [the original](http://www.queensu.ca/secretariat/History/people/smith.html) on May 27, 2006. Retrieved December 25, 2005.

Academic offices Preceded by Ronald Lampman Watts Principal of Queen's University 1984–1994 Succeeded by William C. Leggett

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