William Gerard Smith, MD

William Gerard Smith, MD died on Saturday, September 30, 2006, from complications of pulmonary fibrosis. A resident of Fallbrook, CA, Dr. Smith worked as a psychiatrist at the Perris Mental Health Clinic in Riverside County from 1944 through July 2005, when he became seriously ill.

Dr. Smith was born and grew up in Philadelphia. He completed high school and two years of college at St. Meinrad Archabby in Southern Indiana, then returned to Philadelphia, graduating from St. Joseph’s University and the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine. After a psychiatric residency at the Pennsylvani...