{{Short description|American naval admiral (1930–2020)}} {{Infobox military person | name = F. Neale Smith | image = Portrait of US Navy Rear Admiral (upper half) F. Neale Smith (1).jpg | image_size = | alt = | caption = | nickname = | birth_date = {{Birth date|1930|12|26}} | birth_place = Baltimore, Maryland | death_date = {{Death date and age|2020|08|15|1930|12|26}} | death_place = The Woodlands, Texas | burial_place = | allegiance = United States | branch = United States Navy | service_years = | rank = Rear Admiral | service_number = | unit = | commands = United States Naval Reserve | battles = | awards = | relations = | other_work = }} '''Francis Neale Smith''' (December 26, 1930 &ndash; August 15, 2020) was a rear admiral in the United States Navy. He was Chief of the United States Naval Reserve from November 1987 until August 1989.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.history.navy.mil/library/guides/rosters/director%20of%20naval%20reserve.htm |title=Director of Naval Reserve - Lists of Commanding Officers and Senior Officials of the US Navy |website=www.history.navy.mil |access-date=22 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120717161526/http://www.history.navy.mil/library/guides/rosters/director%20of%20naval%20reserve.htm |archive-date=17 July 2012 |url-status=dead}}</ref> He was an alumnus of the University of Maryland School of Law, and Loyola College in Maryland.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UidIAAAAYAAJ&q=%22SMITH,+FRANCIS+NEALE,+foundation+executive,+retired+naval+officer;******%22|title=Who's Who Among Human Services Professionals, 1992-1993|isbn=9780940863477|last1=Friedman|first1=Howard|year=1992|publisher=National Reference Institute }}</ref>

After his retirement in 1989, Smith became director of the United States Navy Memorial in Washington, D.C. Later in life, he moved to The Woodlands, Texas, with his wife Virginia Elizabeth "Ginny" Smith, a retired Navy nurse. Smith had married the former Virginia Elizabeth "Ginger" Thompson on August 6, 1955, at the Charleston Naval Base chapel.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/washingtontimes/obituary.aspx?n=francis-neale-smith&pid=196688232 |title=Francis Neale Smith |date=August 24, 2020 |newspaper=The Washington Times |access-date=2021-03-17}}</ref>

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