Allan F. Smith Explained

Allan F. Smith
Birth Date:	19 December 1911
Birth Place:	Belgrade, Nebraska^[1]
Death Place:	Sarasota, Florida
Interim President of the University of Michigan
Term Start:	1979
Term End:	1979
Predecessor:	Robben Wright Fleming
Successor:	Harold Tafler Shapiro

Allan Frederick Smith (December 19, 1911 – January 21, 1994) was a law professor and dean at the University of Michigan Law School. He was an expert in personal property law and real estate transactions.^[2]

Before joining the University of Michigan faculty in 1947, he served for the Office of Price Administration and the United States Army.^[3] Smith was interim president of the University of Michigan in 1979 after the resignation of Robben Wright Fleming.^[4]

Bibliography

• 1950 - Personal Life Insurance Trusts
• 1951 - Basic Property Law
• 1956 - The Law of Future Interests

External links

• Tribute to Allan Smith by Robben Wright Fleming

Notes and References

1. Web site: Presidents and Deans of American Colleges and Universities. Cook. Robert Cecil. 1964.
2. Web site: Allan F. Smith Biography. University of Michigan Law School. 25 January 2014.
3. Web site: A.F. Smith Retirement. Board of Regents of the University of Michigan. 25 January 2014.
4. Web site: Presidents of the University of Michigan . . . 25 January 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140202131332/http://bentley.umich.edu/research/um/umpresid.php . 2 February 2014 .