George Patrick Smith II (born September 1, 1939) is an American academic. Until 2016 he was a professor of law at the Columbus School of Law at the Catholic University of America. He is now an emeritus professor2010–2011, The Catholic University of America, Columbus School of Law. Announcements at p. 26The Association of American Law Schools Directory of Law Teachers (2009-101) at p. 1292. at Catholic University, a Resident Fellow at The Institute for Advanced Study at Indiana University, and an Affiliated Scholar at The Georgetown University School of Medicine's Center for Global Health, Science and Security in Washington, D.C.

Education and career Smith was born in Wabash, Indiana,Yearbook of the Society of Indiana Pioneers (2008–2009) at p. 152. where his father and uncle were both attorneys.1976 Wabash County Bicentennial 314—15 (Linda Robertson ed., 1976). He attended the St. Bernard School in Wabash and graduated from Wabash High School in 1957. He obtained an undergraduate degree in business, economics, and public policy from Indiana University Bloomington in 196168 ARBUTUS 194 (1961), Indiana University Yearbook. and a Doctor of Jurisprudence degree in 1964. While in law school, he was a member of the Indiana Law Review.71 ARBUTUS 271 (1964), Indiana University Yearbook. In 1975, he earned an LL.M. degree from Columbia Law.

Early in his career, Smith taught at the University of Michigan Law School, University at Buffalo Law School, and University of Arkansas (Fayetteville) School of Law. His record of government service and consultancies includes:

Legal Advisor, Foreign Claims Commission Special Counsel on the Environment to Arkansas Governor Winthrop Rockefeller Special Counsel, Environmental Protection Agency US House of Representatives Committee on Science and Technology (1981–87) Task Force on Private Sector Initiatives for President Reagan (1982–83) The Heritage Foundation Assessment Study of the United Nations (1982–83) New South Wales Law Reform Commission (1982–88) International Bioethics Committee, UNESCO Declaration on the Protection of the Human Genome (1995–97)

Scholarship

Smith has been recognized as an expert in the "legal and ethical issues raised by modern medicine"Richard A. Posner, book jacket cover comment to George P. Smith, II, DISTRIBUTIVE JUSTICE AND THE NEW MEDICINE, Edgar Press (2008). and a "prescient prophet of the New Biology."Indiana University 169th Commencement Program, May 9, 1998, at p. 12. See also CONTACT, Catholic University Law School Alumni Magazine, at p. 25, Spring/Summer 1998. A bibliography of Smith's works in law, science, and medicine covering the years 1964–1989 is available in the Journal of Contemporary Health Law and Policy. On the twenty-fifth anniversary of his career in legal education in 1989, United States Congressman John T. Myers paid tribute to Smith's years of distinguished service to the legal profession.Congressman John T. Myers Tribute to Professor Smith, CONGRESSIONAL RECORD 24550 (Permanent Edition, October 12, 1989).

Recent books by Smith include:

Dignity as a Human Right?, Lexington Books (2018) Law and Bioethics: Intersections Along the Mortal Coil, Routledge (2012) Distributive Justice and the New Medicine, Elgar Press (2008) The Christian Religion and Biotechnology: A Search for Principled Decision Making, Springer Verlag (2005) Human Rights and Biomedicine, Kluwer International (2000)

Honors

Life member of the American Law InstituteAmerican Law Institute Annual Program and Directory of Membership (2010), at p. 49. Arkansas Traveler Citation for work done to conserve natural resources and develop environmentally sensitive management policies, 1970 Elected to membership in The Cosmos Club in Washington, D.C., 1974The Cosmos Club Directory, Washington, D.C. (2010) at p. 71. Indiana University's "Silver Medallion" as a Distinguished Service Alumnus, 1985Congressman Frank McCloskey Tribute to Professor Smith, 131 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD 17950 (Permanent Edition, June 27, 1985). Induction to the Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem for contributions to law and medical science, 1988Membership Directory, The American Society and the Priory of the United States of America of The Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem (2008) at p. 73. LL. D. degree, honoris causa, from Indiana University, 1988 Honored with naming of Distinguished Professorship-Chair at Indiana University Maurer School of Law in Bloomington, 1998See Michael D. Kirby, Inaugural Lecture, “The New Biology and International Sharing Lessons from The Life and Works of George P. Smith, II,” establishing the George P. Smith, II, Distinguished Professorship-Chair, and published in 7 INDIANA JOURNAL OF GLOBAL STUDIES 425, 426, 445 (2000). Inducted into the Indiana University Maurer School of Law's Academy of Law Fellows in recognition of his contributions to the legal profession, 2007INDIANA ALUMNI MAGAZINE (Oct. 2007) at p. 50. Sagamore of the Wabash Citation, 2015 Wabash High School Hall of Distinction, 2015–16

References

External links George P. Smith's faculty page at the Catholic University of America and Curriculum Vitae