Clergyman
Centurion, 1919–1922
Born 9 October 1872 in Saint Paul, Minnesota
Died 27 September 1922 in New York (Manhattan), New York
Buried Pine Grove Cemetery
, Lynn, Massachusetts
Proposed by Charles Lewis Slattery and George Zabriskie
Elected 1 November 1919 at age forty-seven
Century Memorial
As editor of the Churchman during the past five years, Dr. William Austin Smith made his influence felt in behalf of honest freedom of belief and broadminded religious policy. He was a notable defender of American participation in the European war.
Alexander Dana Noyes
1923 Century Association Yearbook