George Gaddis Smith (December 9, 1932 – December 2, 2022) was an American historian who was the Larned Professor Emeritus of History at Yale University and an expert on U.S. foreign relations and maritime history.
[3] In over 40 years of teaching at the university, he chaired the Department of History, served as master of Pierson College and directed the Yale Center for International and Area Studies.
[citation needed] Smith received several awards from Yale College for his work there: One of his former students was former President George W.
[citation needed] Smith died at his home in New Haven, Connecticut, on December 2, 2022, at the age of 89.
[7][8] Smith authored over 200 articles, book reviews and essays in The New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, Foreign Affairs, and various historical journals.