Identity area
Type of entity
Person
Authorized form of name
Smith, Carleton
Parallel form(s) of name
Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules
- Smith, Carleton, 1910-1984
Other form(s) of name
- Carleton Smith
Identifiers for corporate bodies
Description area
Dates of existence
1910-1984
History
Carleton Smith was a close friend of Cardinal Koenig, Archbishop of Vienna and head of the Secretariat for Non-Believers. The cardinal made a delegation to the United States in 1967 for the secretariat, which occasioned Smith to visit Gethsemani twice to dialogue about this dialogue with non-believers and other issues. Merton became godfather to Smith's son, Raphael, and corresponded with his wife, Anne. An authority on art, he founded as served as chairman of both the National Arts Foundation of New York and the International Awards Foundation. In his varied career, he served as music editor for «Esquire» and recorded folk songs from around the world. (Source: «The Hidden Ground of Love», p. 556.)