About H. Russell Smith
Lived 1914 – 2014 (aged 99–100). H. Russell Smith was a business executive.
Howard Russell Smith (August 15, 1914 – September 7, 2014) was an American business executive.
Early life Howard Russell Smith was born August 15, 1914 in Clark County, Ohio and lived on his families citrus farm in El Cajon Valley near El Cajon, California.
Education He attended Pomona College in Claremont, California.
Career In 1946, R. Stanton Avery, his college friend, invited Smith to join the Avery Adhesive Label Co. as one-third owner, director, vice president and general manager.
Smith was president of the sticker manufacturer Avery Dennison from 1956 to 1975.
Martin Elder Smith is his nephew.
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American business executive
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H. Russell Smith was born in 1914.
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H. Russell Smith died in 2014.
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