Gerard C. Smith

Gerard Smith
Special Representative of the President for Nuclear Nonproliferation
In office
June 28, 1977 – 1980
PresidentJimmy Carter
Director of the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency
In office
1969–1973
PresidentRichard Nixon
Preceded byWilliam Chapman Foster
Succeeded byFred Iklé
4th Director of Policy Planning
In office
September 6, 1957 – January 20, 1961
PresidentDwight D. Eisenhower
Preceded byRobert R. Bowie
Succeeded byGeorge C. McGhee
Personal details
Born
Gerard Coad Smith

May 4, 1913
New York City, New York, U.S.
DiedJuly 4, 1994 (aged 80)
Easton, Maryland, U.S.
Children4
Alma materYale University (BA, LLB)
Military service
Battles/warsWorld War II

Gerard Coad Smith (May 4, 1914 – July 4, 1994) was an American attorney and defense expert who served as the chief U.S. delegate to the Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (SALT) in 1969 and the first U.S. Chairman of the Trilateral Commission. He was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom on January 16, 1981 by President Jimmy Carter.