Amherst College (1894) Washington University in St. Louis (1897)
Occupation
Lawyer
Known for
Founder of Gateway Arch National Park
Spouse
Sa Lees Kennard
Children
3
Luther Ely Smith (June 11, 1873 – April 2, 1951) was a St. Louis, Missouri lawyer and civic booster. He has been described by the National Park Service as the "father of the Jefferson National Expansion Memorial," which was renamed as the Gateway Arch National Park in 2018. In the 1930s, he conceived of the idea of a memorial to President Thomas Jefferson in St. Louis, the starting point of the Lewis and Clark Expedition and opening of the West through the city. He chaired the Association to develop the memorial for nearly 15 years, every year but one from 1934 through 1949, after the design competition had been completed and the winner Eero Saarinen selected for his "Gateway Arch". Construction of the Gateway Arch started in 1963, after Smith's death; it fulfilled his vision of a symbol of the city to represent its role with the American West.
LutherElySmith (June 11, 1873 – April 2, 1951) was a St. Louis, Missouri lawyer and civic booster. He has been described by the National Park Service...
sec. 25(b) http://www.nps.gov/jeff/historyculture/upload/luther_ely_smith.pdf LutherElySmith: Founder of a Memorial - nps.gov - Retrieved January 12...
was developed largely through the efforts of St. Louis civic booster LutherElySmith who first pitched the idea in 1933, was the long-term chairman of the...
west bank of the Mississippi River. Around late 1933, civic leader LutherElySmith, returning to St. Louis from the George Rogers Clark National Historical...
artistic director and executive producer is Mike Isaacson. In 1914, LutherElySmith began staging pageant-masques on Art Hill in Forest Park. In 1916,...
Martin Luther OSA (/ˈluːθər/; German: [ˈmaʁtiːn ˈlʊtɐ] ; 10 November 1483– 18 February 1546) was a German priest, theologian, author, hymnwriter, professor...
over the I-44 and I-70 highways, connected downtown St. Louis from LutherElySmith Square to the Arch grounds and the riverfront, making it easy and safe...
Shreveport, Louisiana Henry A. Silver (1826–1885), Maryland state delegate LutherElySmith (1873–1951), founder of Gateway Arch National Park Theodore Spiering...
sculptor Patrick Rissmiller, NHL player Elihu Root, lawyer and statesman LutherElySmith, lawyer and civic booster Charles Burt Sumner, minister and founder...
Luther Ronzoni Vandross Jr. (April 20, 1951 – July 1, 2005) was an American soul and R&B singer, songwriter, and record producer. Throughout his career...
JD 1978): author, lawyer, conservative and antifeminist activist LutherElySmith (JD 1897): founder of Gateway Arch National Park "Washington University...
planner in the U.S. The following year, prominent civic reform advocate LutherElySmith, on the advice of the architect Henry Wright, recruited Bartholomew...
survived by his wife and six children, John B., Samuel M. Jr., R.S., Mrs. LutherElySmith, Mrs. J.H. Brookmire, and Mrs. HB. Wallace. An active member of St...
unskilled European immigrants. Local businessmen John H. Gunlach, LutherElySmith, William W. La Beaume, and Charles A. Stix played major roles as Pageant...
P. Karen Sheriff (BA 1979): president and CEO of Q9 Networks Inc. LutherElySmith (JD 1897): founder of Gateway Arch National Park George Fox Steedman...
Martin Luther (1483–1546) was a German professor of theology, priest and seminal leader of the Reformation. His positions on Judaism continue to be controversial...
US Attorney General; first college football player and All-American LutherElySmith 1894, lawyer and founder of Gateway Arch National Park Harlan Fiske...
Luther Burbank (March 7, 1849 – April 11, 1926) was an American botanist, horticulturist and pioneer in agricultural science. He developed more than 800...
Eugene Luther Gore Vidal (/vɪˈdɑːl/ vih-DAHL; born Eugene Louis Vidal, October 3, 1925 – July 31, 2012) was an American writer and public intellectual...
Fader considers that Smith represents "a return of the virtuosic vocalist in popular music", in the vein of Whitney Houston and Luther Vandross. Jim Farber...
wedding Katharina Luther, also referred to as "die Lutherin" ('the Lutheress'), was the wife of the German reformer Martin Luther and a seminal figure...
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