David A. Smart co-founder of Esquire

Esquire (magazine)

Esquire is a men's magazine, published in the U.S. by the Hearst Corporation. Founded in 1932, it flourished during the Great Depression under the guidance of founder and editor Arnold Gingrich.-History:...

magazine, and , with his brother Alfred Smart (1895-1951), co-publisher of Esquire

Esquire (magazine)

Esquire is a men's magazine, published in the U.S. by the Hearst Corporation. Founded in 1932, it flourished during the Great Depression under the guidance of founder and editor Arnold Gingrich.-History:...

and Coronet

Coronet (magazine)

Coronet was a general interest digest magazine published from October 13, 1936, to March 1971 and ran for 299 issues. The magazine was owned by Esquire and published by David A. Smart from 1936 to 1961.-Typical issue:...

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Birth

His was born in 1892 to Mary Aronson (born January 1872) and Louis Smart (born February 1866) in Omaha, Nebraska

Omaha, Nebraska

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. His father had emigrated from Russia

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 in 1883. He had four siblings: Alfred Smart (1895-1951), John Smart, Vera Smart Elden (1899-?) , and Florence Smart Richards.

The family moved to Illinois

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. The brothers' other venture was Coronet Films

Coronet Films

Coronet Films was a producer and distributor of American educational films from 1946 to the early 1970s founded by David A. Smart...

, a producer of educational and training films during the 1950s. They endowed the Smart Museum of Art

Smart Museum of Art

The David and Alfred Smart Museum of Art is an art museum located on the campus of the University of Chicago in Chicago, Illinois. The permanent collection of over 10,000 objects includes works by Francisco Goya, Frank Lloyd Wright, Edgar Degas, Auguste Rodin, Henri Matisse, Pablo Picasso, Diego...

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Alfred Smart (1895-1951)

He was born in Omaha, Nebraska

Omaha, Nebraska

Omaha is the largest city in the state of Nebraska, United States, and is the county seat of Douglas County. It is located in the Midwestern United States on the Missouri River, about 20 miles north of the mouth of the Platte River...

 on 17 June 1894 and attended the University of Illinois. After World War I

World War I

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, he joined his brother in Publishing Enterprises. He was secretary and treasurer until 1947 when he was appointed president of what was now Esquire, Inc. A third brother, John Smart, was a vice president. Alfred died on February 4, 1951 in Chicago

Chicago

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