Allan K. Smith Explained

Birth Name:	Allan Kellogg Smith
Birth Date:	17 August 1888
Birth Place:	Hartford, Connecticut
Death Place:	Hartford, Connecticut
Office:	United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut
President:	Calvin Coolidge
Term Start:	1923
Term End:	1925
Predecessor:	Edward L. Smith
Successor:	John Buckley
Alma Mater:	Trinity College(1911) Harvard Law School (L.L.B.)

Allan Kellogg Smith (August 17, 1888 – April 9, 1985) was an American attorney and educator who served as the United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut under Calvin Coolidge.^[1]

Biography

Allan K. Smith was born in Hartford and would go on to live there his entire life. He was educated in Hartford Public High School and then went on to Trinity College. He received his law degree from Harvard Law School.^[2] In 1921 he was one of the 3 founders of the Hartford College of Law^[3] (later this would become University of Connecticut law school). In addition to his teaching he served as the US attorney for the district of Connecticut^[4] under Calvin Coolidge. At his alma mater he endowed the Allan K. Smith Center for Writing and Rhetoric.^[5]

References

1. Web site: 2015-03-18. About the Office. 2020-11-11. www.justice.gov. en.
2. Book: The American Bar. J.C. Fifield Company. 1921.
3. Book: Law Notes: Volume 25, Issues 1-11. E. Thompson Company. 1921.
4. Web site: Faculty Profile & Scholarship, 1921-1942 UConn Law Library. 2021-01-30. library.law.uconn.edu.
5. Web site: Allan K. Smith Center for Writing and Rhetoric. 2021-01-30. Allan K. Smith Center for Writing and Rhetoric. en-US.