Richard E. Smith

Richard (Dick) Smith enlisted into the USN in 1945, achieving the rank, RM3. He served in the Pacific campaign in WWII, aboard the USS Curtiss in the Pacific Islands. He was later stationed in Brooklyn, NY, Albany, NY and Scotia, NY. Dick is the recipient of the Victory Medal, the Philippine Independence Medal, and the Good Conduct Medal. After being honorably discharged from the USN , Dick went to the NYS teachers college in Plattsburg, NY. He ultimately transferred to Siena College in Loudonville, NY. graduating with his degree in teaching. For the next 35 years, Dick taught for the Centereach School District.

Dick was born in Pittsburg, PA. on December 11th 1927. He is the eldest of seven children of Richard H. & Honora Norma Smith: Ann, Robert, Sally, Bernadette, David, Gary. Six of the seven Smith children attended BSHS. Dick moved to Brightwaters and Bay Shore, NY. in 1937. He married Patricia (nee) Costello, of Albany, NY. and has five wonderful children: Maureen, Christopher, Katie, Virginia and Patrick, all raised in Selden, NY. and eight grandchildren. Richard passed on March 17th, 2021.