Donn Smith was raised in Hamden, Conn., and graduated from Yale University Phi Beta Kappa in 1967 with a B.A. in English. His professional career was spent in publishing. Following management positions at Time Inc., Newsweek, and Harvard Business Review, he joined a Greenwich-based multi-title newsletter publisher. In 2001 he formed his own consulting business providing copy and creative services to a number of leading magazine and book publishers.
He has been a Darien resident for the past thirty-three years. He served two terms on the Darien RTM and has volunteered at P2P and St. John Church. Current volunteer activities include serving as Archivist for The Mather Homestead Foundation and Genealogist for the Society of the Descendants of the Founders of Hartford.
Donn is married to Mary Ellen Quirk, who grew up in Darien and whom he was lucky enough to meet in New York City in 1978. They have one daughter, Sarah, who followed her mother’s path through Darien schools, and her father’s through Yale and subsequently received her J.D. from Michigan Law.
He is a member of the Roger Sherman Branch of the SAR, St. John Church, the Darien YMCA, the Tokeneke Club, and the Yale Club of New York City.
