N.J. Constitutional Convention: Vol. 2, Page 977
Judge Smalley was born in North Plainfield, Somerset County, New Jersey, on October 25, 1895. He attended Cornell University and received his LL.B. from the New Jersey Law School. He was admitted to the Bar of New Jersey as an attorney in February, 1920, and as a counsellor-at-law in February, 1923.
Judge Smalley served as District Court Judge for a period of four years and as Judge of the Court of Common Pleas for Somerset County for a period of some 6½ years. He was appointed to the Circuit Court by Governor Edge in September 1946.
He is married and has three sons. His residence is at 311 West End Ave., North Plainfield.
Born, Chicago, Ill., March 16, 1897. Educated in the Chicago Public Schools and night schools. He did not attend a recognized college. On September 20, 1919, he married Estelle Taylor. There are two children, Dorothy Smith Wilson (wife of Charles Hoffman Wilson), and Patricia Ann Smith. Residence, 110 Clive St., Metuchen.
Brief career summary: Left home at 17. Filled minor positions until Army enlistment, April 19, 1917. Served during war (17 months in A. E. F.) until discharged in 1919 as 1st Lieutenant. Joined R. M. Hollingshead Company, Camden, N. J., as salesman in its San Francisco Branch, advancing to position of Vice-President and General Manager in 1930. Joined Johnson & Johnson, New Brunswick, in June 1933. Elected President on July 19, 1943.
Principal professional or business activities: President and Director of Johnson & Johnson; director of certain subsidiary companies; member of Board of Managers of the New Brunswick Savings Institution. Serves on several industry advisory committees, including that of Army-Navy Munitions Board.
President of New Brunswick Chamber of Commerce 1942 - 1944; Chairman of the Middlesex County Planning Board; Director, New Jersey State Chamber of Commerce; Trustee, Middlesex General Hospital, New Brunswick; member, National Advisory Council of Junior Achievement, Inc.; member, Army Advisory Committee of New Brunswick. Active in various other civic activities.
Memberships: Union Club, New Brunswick, N. J. (member of the Board of Governors); Plainfield Country Club, Plainfield, N. J. (member of Board of Trustees); Pine Valley Country Club, Pine Valley, N. J.; Academy of Political Science, New York; Skytop Club, Skytop, Pa.
Religious affiliation: Protestant; political affiliation: non-partisan.
Born in 1880. Family moved from Illinois to the East around 1883. Resides at 24 Park Street, Tenafly.
Was appointed by Governor Woodrow Wilson in 1911 to a Commission to Investigate Port Conditions. Served as President of the Commission until 1914 when the New Jersey Harbor Commission was created. Served as President of that Commission until 1915 when it was merged with the Board of Commerce and Navigation. Served as President of that Board until its merger with the Department of Conservation in July 1945. Now Chairman of the Navigation Council of the Department of Conservation.
Appointed by Governor Walter E. Edge to the New York-New Jersey Port and Harbor Development Commission. Served as Vice-Chairman until the Port
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