HERBERT-SMITH-Obituary

HERBERT SMITH

Newark, New Jersey

1961 - 2017

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Newark, New Jersey
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St. Jude Children's Research Hospital

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Herbert Maurice Smith Pharmaceutical scientist Herbert Maurice Smith died July 27, 2017, at home, with his family by his side in East Orange, N.J. At his request, no service will be held. Herb, or "Reece" as he was called by his family and close friends, was born May 19, 1961, in East Orange to...

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Dear Herbie - I just saw this obituary and am so deeply saddened.....you were the godfather of my son, Samuel and was a gem of a person....loved you like a brother and thought of you often.....Rest now, my friend...Love you always - Tony Siino

Seems impossible. I remember Herb coming to Warner-Lambert as a smart kid on an intern program, quietly athletic, a trained boxer, physically fast and loose. He was always good-natured, a little aback from any office arguments, with a sly humorous doubt of any position's claims, and an equal acceptance of the various personalities and cultures he found around him. In the lab, he spent much of his initial time training under Ramazan Turdiu, an Albanian scientist and passionate in-absentia...