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John Masson Smith Jr.

Berkeley, California

1930 - 2019

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John Masson Smith, Jr.

Feb. 13, 1930 - July 24, 2019

John Masson Smith, Jr. was born in 1930 in Massachusetts. He graduated from Harvard where he also met and married his wife, Grace. He served in the army for three years before obtaining his PhD in Near Eastern History at Columbia...

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We will miss him. So sorry to hear of his passing. Grace: how can we call you?

Amazing Guy, I learned much from him.

John and Pax are definitely in Heaven reliving their Puteny and Harvard days. John was awesome. RIP John

It was the good luck of my family to be a neighbor of John Smith and his wife, Grace, for nearly 35 years. I will remember John as an old-school gentleman,who could make a bow-tie look cool and would tip his hat in greeting a lady. He was also the thoughtful and genial host of innumerable neighborhood gatherings at their spacious home on Scenic, filled with the fascinating objects collected during their lifetime of often exotic travel.
John and I shared one special passion:...