Kent Warner Smith

Kent Warner Smith (June 16, 1941 – February 18, 2008) was an American political activist, university lecturer, and one of the founders of the Green Party of California. He served as state chairman of the California Greens in the 1990s.

Early life and education Smith was born in San Jose, California. He earned a PhD in diplomatic history at University of California, Berkeley in 1972. He was also academic coordinator for the Peace Studies program at Stanford in the mid 1970s.

In 1992, after the fledgling party had registered over 100,000 members, it was Mr. Smith who, in a historic moment for the party, accepted the state-sealed declaration from the Secretary of State on behalf of the Green Party. During the campaign, Smith told the Los Angeles Times that he was probably being outspent by other candidates, at a ratio of 100 to 1.