[5] In 1960, immediately after receiving the Ph.D. degree, he joined the faculty of UCB where he published extensively on the optimal control of nuclear systems and on the interaction of radiation with surfaces.

He retired as professor and chairman of the Department of Applied Science in 1976 and formed the Palmer Smith Corporation, a consulting firm specializing in management of high technology programs.

He was one of the early principals of SAIC and RDA-Logicon and JAYCOR[6] Smith was awarded a White House Fellowship in 1966 and was assigned as a Special Assistant to the Secretary of Defense.

[7] Since that time, he has served as an advisor on numerous governmental boards on national security policy, giving particular attention to projects requiring a broad range of technical and managerial skills.

[1] He was responsible for implementation of the Cooperative Threat Reduction (Nunn Lugar) program, which assisted the former Soviet Union in the dismantlement of their weapons of mass destruction and in converting their related industries to commercial production.