Isaac D. Smith (born 2 May 1932) was a major general in the United States Army.

[1][2] Smith was in the Reserve Officers Training Corps at Southern University and A&M College, where he earned a B.S.

He also earned a Masters in Public Administration from Shippensburg State College.

He also completed several military education courses and attended the U.S. Army War College.

[2] According to The Rocks, inc., website: He has held a wide variety of important command and staff positions to include Deputy Chief of Staff, Personnel, U.S. Army, Europe and Seventh Army; Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations and Intelligence, Allied Forces Central Europe; Chief, Doctrine and Systems Integration Division, Requirements Directorate, Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations and Plans, U.S. Army, Washington, D.C.; Chief, Reserve Forces Division, Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Army (Manpower and Reserve Affairs), Washington, D.C.; Commanding General, U.S. Army Second Reserve Officer Training Corps Region, Fort Knox, Kentucky; and Assistant Division Commander, 1st Armored Division, U.S. Army Europe.In 1983, when Smith was a Brigadier general, The Crisis named him one of the "top blacks in the Armed Forces.