Norman Bryce Smiley (30 March 1909 – 9 October 1968) was an English

brewer Brewing is the production of beer by steeping a starch source (commonly cereal grains, the most popular of which is barley) in water and fermenting the resulting sweet liquid with yeast. It may be done in a brewery by a commercial brewer, ...

and brewing executive who served as President of the

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Life

Norman Bryce Smiley was born on 30 March 1909, the son of Thomas Bryce Smiley and Edith Ann ''née'' Bardsley. In 1936, he married Elsie Marion Steen, and they had two sons and two daughters."Smiley, Norman Bryce"
''Who Was Who'' (online edition), Oxford University Press, April 2014. Retrieved 29 April 2016. He was educated at

Denstone College Denstone College is a mixed, independent, boarding and day school in Denstone, Uttoxeter, Staffordshire, England. It is a Woodard School, having been founded by Nathaniel Woodard, and so Christian traditions are practised as part of Colleg ...

and

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, whence he graduated with a degree in Natural Science. He became a brewer at Messrs. Arthur Guinness in 1931; he was transferred to the company's new brewery at Park Royal four years later, before he was appointed a Director in 1942. In 1956, he was promoted to Joint Managing Director of the Park Royal company which oversaw the brewery; ten years later he was appointed Deputy Managing Director of Arthur Guinness and the following year was promoted to full managing director.Clutterbuck, E. H. M. (November–December 1968), "Obituary: Norman Bryce Smiley", ''Journal of the Institute of Brewing'', vol. 74, issue 6, pp. 487–488 Smiley served on several committees of the

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, and was appointed to its Council in 1944. He was also Chairman of the

's (IOB) Research Board from 1952 to 1962, and was involved with the development's Research Scheme and the inception of its research centre at Lyttel Hall. He was the British representative on the Council of the

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(EBC) from 1948 to his death; he served as vice-president of the EBC from 1963 to his death, and was the President of the IOB between 1966 and 1968.''The Institute of Brewing''
(c. 1985). Institute of Brewing. p. 11 Other appointments included Membership of the

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(from 1957) and Member of the Council of the

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(from 1965). He died on 9 October 1968, and was survived by his wife.

Likenesses

''Norman Bryce Smiley''
by Rex Coleman, for Baron Studios (5x4 inch film negative), 27 March 1963.

National Portrait Gallery, London The National Portrait Gallery (NPG) is an art gallery in London housing a collection of portraits of historically important and famous British people. It was arguably the first national public gallery dedicated to portraits in the world when it ...

(Photographs Collection, NPG x191569; given by

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, 1999).

References

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