Smith, Philip E. (Philip Edward), 1884-1970

Endocrinologist and experimental anatomist.

Philip Edward Smith was born in De Smet, South Dakota on January 1, 1884. He received a B.S. from Pomona College in 1908, and an M.S. (1910) and Ph.D. (1912) from Cornell University, where he served as an assistant in anatomy and instructor. He taught at the University of California from 1912 until 1926; at Stanford University from 1926 to 1927; and at Columbia University from 1927 until his retirement in 1952. He was a member of the National Academy of Science, the American Association of Anatomy (President 1940-42), the American Physiology Society, the Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine (President 1947-48), the Endocrine Society (President 1939-40), and the Harvey Society (President 1938-40). He received numerous honors including the Charles Mickle Fellowship (Toronto); the Endocrine Society's E.R. Squibb Award, 1942; the Distinguished Service Medal, Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center, 1953; the Sir Henry Dale Medal, Society for Endocrinology of Great Britain, 1963 (honorary member of the society); honorary member of the Sociadad of Argentina de Biologia; Chevalier, Legion d'Honneur, 1938. He specialized in work on the pituitary gland.