Harold D. Smith

Harold Smith
6th Director of the Bureau of the Budget
In office
April 15, 1939 – June 19, 1946
PresidentFranklin D. Roosevelt
Harry S. Truman
Preceded byDaniel W. Bell
Succeeded byJames E. Webb
Personal details
Born
Harold Dewey Smith

(1898-06-06)June 6, 1898
Haven, Kansas, U.S.
DiedJanuary 23, 1947(1947-01-23) (aged 48)
Culpeper, Virginia, U.S.
Political partyDemocratic
SpouseLilian Mayer (1926–1947)
EducationUniversity of Kansas, Lawrence (BS)
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (MA)

Harold Dewey Smith (June 6, 1898 – January 23, 1947) was an American civil servant who served as director of the United States Bureau of the Budget (now the Office of Management and Budget) during the Second World War.