David A. Smart
{{Short description|American magazine publisher}}
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| birth_place = Omaha, Nebraska, U.S.
| death_place = Chicago, Illinois
| death_date = {{death date and age|1952|10|15|1892|10|4}}
| nationality = American
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| occupation = Magazine publisher
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David Archibald Smart (October 4, 1892 – October 15, 1952), co-founder of Esquire magazine, and, with his brother Alfred Smart (1895–1951), co-publisher of Esquire and Coronet.{{cite news |title=David A. Smart Estate Estimated at $650,000 |publisher=Chicago Tribune |date=October 24, 1952 }}{{cite news |title=Memorial Rites Tomorrow for David Smart, 60 |publisher=Chicago Tribune |date=October 18, 1952 }}{{cite news |title=David Smart Dies |quote=Head of Esquire, Coronet Company Here |publisher=Chicago Tribune |date=October 16, 1952 }}
Biography
He was born in 1892 to Mary Aronson (born January 1872) and Louis Smart (born February 1866) in Omaha, Nebraska. His father had emigrated from Russia in 1883. He had four siblings: Alfred Smart (1895–1951), John Smart, Vera Smart Elden (1899–1962), and Florence Smart Richards.1900 US Census in Omaha, Nebraska
The family moved to Illinois. The brothers' other venture was Coronet Films, a producer of educational and training films during the 1950s. They endowed the Smart Museum of Art.{{cite news |title=Esquire - Coronet |url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,758239,00.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080127151006/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,758239,00.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=January 27, 2008 |publisher=Time |date=September 20, 1937 |accessdate=2007-07-21 }}
He died on October 15, 1952, in Chicago, Illinois.
Siblings
=Alfred Smart (1895–1951)=
He was born in Omaha, Nebraska, on 17 June 1894 and attended the University of Illinois.World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 After World War I, he joined his brother in Publishing Enterprises. He was secretary and treasurer until 1947 when he was appointed president of what was now Esquire, Inc. A third brother, John Smart, was a vice president. Alfred died on February 4, 1951, in Chicago.{{cite news |title=Alfred Smart, Head Of Esquire Magazine. |work=The New York Times |date=February 5, 1951}}{{cite book |title=Two Visionary Brothers: David and Alfred Smart. |year=2003 |publisher=Smart Museum of Art |isbn=978-0-935573-37-4 }}
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Category:Businesspeople from Omaha, Nebraska
Category:Businesspeople from Chicago