| 词条 | Milford K. Smith |
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Milford K. Smith (February 25, 1906 – November 15, 1984) was a Vermont attorney, politician, and judge. He is most notable for his service as an Associate Justice of the Vermont Supreme Court from 1959 to 1976. Early lifeMilford Knowles Smith was born in Albany, New York on February 25, 1906, the son of Dr. Ray E. Smith and Ethel (Burgess) Smith.{{sfn|"Obituary, Judge Milford K. Smith Sr."|page=12}} He was raised and educated in Rutland, Vermont, and graduated from Rutland High School in 1924.{{sfn|The Red and White (1924)|page=24}} He then attended the Tilton School in Tilton, New Hampshire{{sfn|"Vt. Supreme Court Justices to be Honored in Albany"|page=3}} and the University of Vermont before enrolling at Albany Law School, from which he received his LL.B. degree in 1930.{{sfn|"Vt. Supreme Court Justices to be Honored in Albany"|page=3}}{{sfn|The Red and White (1927)|page=143}} Smith was a member of the Phi Delta Theta and Phi Alpha Delta fraternities.{{sfn|"Obituary, Judge Milford K. Smith Sr."|page=12}} Start of careerSmith was admitted to the bar soon after his law school graduation, and began a practice in Rutland.{{sfn|"Obituary, Judge Milford K. Smith Sr."|page=12}} A Republican, he became involved in politics and government as Rutland's city attorney, a post he held from 1930 to 1932 and 1940 to 1948.{{sfn|"Veteran Judge M. K. Smith Dies"|page=12}} He was the judge of Rutland's municipal court from 1936 to 1937, and again from 1942 to 1944.{{sfn|"Veteran Judge M. K. Smith Dies"|page=12}} He was elected to the Vermont Senate in 1950,{{sfn|"15 State Senators Re-elected"|page=7}} and reelected in 1952.{{sfn|"Senators Elected"|page=2}} He served from 1951 until resigning in 1953 to accept an appointment as a judge.{{sfn|"Veteran Judge M. K. Smith Dies"|page=12}} Judicial careerIn 1953, the Vermont General Assembly elected Smith to fill a vacancy on the Vermont Superior Court.{{sfn|"Smith is Elected as Superior Judge"|page=13}} He served until 1959, and rose by seniority to become next in line for appointment as the court's chief judge.{{sfn|"40 Pct. Turnover Due on Vermont Supreme Court"|page=1}} In 1959, Chief Justice Walter H. Cleary and Associate Justice Charles Bayley Adams reached age 70, the mandatory retirement for judges in Vermont, and Associate Justice Benjamin N. Hulburd was promoted to chief justice.{{sfn|"40 Pct. Turnover Due on Vermont Supreme Court"|page=1}} The state's longstanding tradition was to promote the chief judge of the superior court to the supreme court as vacancies arose.{{sfn|"40 Pct. Turnover Due on Vermont Supreme Court"|page=1}} Because two supreme court vacancies occurred simultaneously in 1959, the legislature promoted Albert W. Barney Jr., the superior court's chief judge, and Smith, who was the next-senior superior court judge.{{sfn|"40 Pct. Turnover Due on Vermont Supreme Court"|page=1}} Smith served as an associate justice until retiring in 1976.{{sfn|"High Court Nominees Sworn In"|page=3B}} He was succeeded by William C. Hill, who was serving as chief judge of the superior court.{{sfn|"High Court Nominees Sworn In"|page=3B}} Other activitiesA noted outdoors enthusiast, in addition to serving as president of the Vermont Fish and Game Club he was the longtime author of "Stray Shots and Short Casts", a column on hunting and fishing which was carried in the Rutland Herald.{{sfn|"Obituary, Judge Milford K. Smith Sr."|page=12}} Smith also authored articles which were carried in Field & Stream, Vermont Life, and Trout Unlimited's Trout magazine.{{sfn|"Obituary, Judge Milford K. Smith Sr."|page=12}} In addition, he served as a trustee of the American Museum of Fly Fishing.{{sfn|"Obituary, Judge Milford K. Smith Sr."|page=12}} Smith was also president of the Rutland Free Library Association and a trustee of the Rutland Historical Society.{{sfn|"Obituary, Judge Milford K. Smith Sr."|page=12}} Retirement and deathIn retirement, Smith continued to reside in Rutland.{{sfn|"Obituary, Judge Milford K. Smith Sr."|page=12}} He was diagnosed with liver cancer in 1984, and died at his home in Rutland on November 15, 1984.{{sfn|"Obituary, Judge Milford K. Smith Sr."|page=12}}{{sfn|"Veteran Judge M. K. Smith Dies"|page=11}} He was buried at Evergreen Cemetery in Rutland.{{sfn|"Obituary, Judge Milford K. Smith Sr."|page=12}} Honors and legacyIn 1967, Smith, James Stuart Holden, and Percival L. Shangraw were awarded Albany Law School's Trustees Gold Medal for distinguished public service.{{sfn|"Vt. Supreme Court Justices to be Honored in Albany"|page=3}} All three were ALS graduates, and at the time, Holden was Chief Justice of the Vermont Supreme Court and Smith and Shangraw were associate justices.{{sfn|"Vt. Supreme Court Justices to be Honored in Albany"|page=3}} Smith accumulated over 600 precolonial Native American artifacts, and authored articles and presented lectures on the history of American Indians in Vermont.{{sfn|"Chronology, Rutland Historical Society"|page=20}} After his death, the Vermont Archaeology Heritage Center, an office of the state Agency of Commerce and Community Development, acquired these items.{{sfn|"Vermont Archaeology Month"|page=9}} The Center now maintains them as the Judge Milford Smith Collection.{{sfn|"Vermont Archaeology Month"|page=9}} FamilyIn 1942, Smith married Joyce M. Plunkett of Rutland; she was a graduate of Colby Junior College and the Traphagen School of Fashion in New York City.{{sfn|"Miss Joyce Plunkett Becomes the Bride of Milford K. Smith"|page=2}} They were the parents of son Milford Knowles Smith Jr. and daughter Jane Atkinson Smith.{{sfn|"Obituary, Judge Milford K. Smith Sr."|page=12}} ReferencesSourcesNewspapers
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