University of Rochester
Athletic Hall of Fame
Craig M. Smith
'39
At Rochester:
- Four-year competitor with baseball and two-year letterwinner with soccer
- Played freshman baseball in the Spring '36 season for Dick Larkin and served as captain of the frosh squad
- Played varsity ball for Louis Alexander, Sr. for three years in three different positions: first base (sophomore), shortstop (junior), and third base (senior)
- Captain as a senior
- Hit well over .400 as a senior and led the team to a near-perfect season (only loss was to Syracuse)
- Played as the inside right on the front line for the Yellowjacket soccer team
- Graduated with a B.A. in Political Science in 1939
Post-Graduate:
- Declined the opportunity to try out for a semipro baseball team in Syracuse in 1940
- Studied Political Science and Public Administration at Rochester in 1943-when one of his professors was called to active duty during World War II, Smith took over the class for the rest of the semester
- Joined the Bureau of Municipal Research in Rochester in 1940 and remained there until retiring in 1983
- Director of that organization from 1955-83
