Smith wuxuu ku dhashay White Plains, New York. Smith wuxuu u adeegay ciidamada badda ee Maraykanka, ka dibna wuxuu shahaadada B.Sc. ka qaatay Jaamacadda Pennsylvania 1955 iyo shahaadada Ph.D. ee Jaamacadda Chicago 1959 oo leh shahaadada siddeed bog oo kaliya. Wuxuu ka shaqeeyay Bell Labs ee Murray Hill, New Jersey laga soo bilaabo 1959 ilaa hawlgabkiisii 1986, halkaas oo uu ku hogaamiyay cilmi baarista qalabka cusub ee laser iyo qalabka semiconductor.
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