Carl Smith (businessman)

Sir Carl Smith
CBE
Born
Carl Victor Smith

(1897-04-19)19 April 1897
Edinburgh, Scotland
Died12 February 1979(1979-02-12) (aged 81)
Dunedin, New Zealand
OccupationBusinessman
Known forChairman of Cadbury Fry Hudson
Spouse
Catherine Elizabeth Gettings Johnston
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(m. 1919)​

Sir Carl Victor Smith CBE (19 April 1897 – 12 February 1979) was a New Zealand businessman, based in Dunedin. He was chairman of confectionery and biscuit company Cadbury Fry Hudson from 1938 until his retirement in 1963.[1]

Smith served as president of the New Zealand Manufacturers' Federation and was a member of the Economic Stabilisation Commission during World War II. In the 1946 King's Birthday Honours, he was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in recognition of both those roles.[2] He was made a Knight Bachelor, for public services, in the 1964 Queen's Birthday Honours.[3]

In 1968, Smith wrote a centennial history of Cadbury Fry Hudson, titled Sweet Success.[4]

A member of the University of Otago Council, and the founder of the Rowheath Trust, which supports the work of the university,[5] Smith was awarded an honorary LLD by the University of Otago in 1968.[6]

Smith died in Dunedin on 12 February 1979.[7]

References

  1. ^ Smith, C.V. (1968). Sweet success, 1868–1968: one hundred years, R. Hudson & Co., and Cadbury Fry Hudson Ltd. Whitcombe and Tombs.
  2. ^ "No. 37601". The London Gazette (Supplement). 13 June 1946. p. 2837.
  3. ^ "No. 43345". The London Gazette (3rd supplement). 13 June 1964. p. 4977.
  4. ^ "Manufacturing (part 2)" (PDF). Friends of the Hocken Collections Bulletin (54). Hocken Library: 2. May 2006. Archived (PDF) from the original on 26 April 2017. Retrieved 23 April 2017.
  5. ^ "Research awards". University of Otago. Archived from the original on 19 April 2017. Retrieved 23 April 2017.
  6. ^ "Honorary graduates". University of Otago Calendar (PDF). University of Otago. 2016. p. 142. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 March 2016. Retrieved 23 April 2017.
  7. ^ "Cemeteries search". Dunedin City Council. Retrieved 23 April 2017.[permanent dead link‍]


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