[1] Smith then worked as a researcher at the Acton Society Trust, before returning to the LSE as a lecturer in social sciences and administration.
[2] He was also involved in expanding its library and special collections and was described in one obituary as the "driving force" behind the university's Nuffield Theatre, Turner Sims Concert Hall and John Hansard Gallery.
[2] According to The Guardian, Smith "played a leading role in developing the University of Southampton's social sciences faculty and was an authority on the social psychologist Elton Mayo";[1] an industrial sociologist by specialism, he co-authored (with Nancy Seear and Pearl Jephcott) Married Working Women in 1962, as well as a number of other monographs and articles related to his discipline.
[2] Smith was a keen gardener, follower of cricket and fan of Hitchcock's thrillers and western films.
[1] He married Jean Horton in 1951 and had with her three children Christopher, Nigel and Rachel, who all survived him when he died on 4 May 2002.