Dan Smoot: rest in peace.Dan Smoot Howard Drummond Smoot aka Dan Smoot (born in East Prairie in Mississippi County, Missouri, on October 5, 1913 – died on July 24, 2003, in Tyler in Smith County, Texas) was an FBI agent and a conservative political activist. , 89, passed away on July July: see month. 24th in east Texas. Mr. Smoot The smoot is a nonstandard unit of length created as part of an MIT fraternity prank. It is named after Oliver R. Smoot (class of 1962), an MIT fraternity pledge to Lambda Chi Alpha, who in October 1958 was used by his fraternity brothers to measure the length of the Harvard Bridge , a former FBI agent, became a successful independent broadcaster whose "Dan Smoot Report," in TV and radio formats, eventually reached 20 million people weekly. His pro-America, anti-collectivist broadcasts were clear, concise, and--above all--uncompromising. Mr. Smoot was one of 25 outstanding "20th Century Heroes" profiled by THE NEW AMERICAN in a series of articles published during 1999-2000. The essay on Mr. Smoot, entitled en·ti·tle tr.v. en·ti·tled, en·ti·tling, en·ti·tles 1. To give a name or title to. 2. To furnish with a right or claim to something: "Self-Made Greatness," originally appeared in our March 13, 2000 issue and is also available on our website. Go to www.the newamerican.com/focus/people/and then click on "Dan Smoot." |
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