Biography
- He was married to Alvina Stumm.
- Schmitt was an Aide in Economic Botany for the United States Department of Agriculture (1907–1910)
- Appointed Scientific Aide in the Division of Marine Invertebrates of the United States National Museum
- Studied Crustacea with Mary Jane Rathbun
- Served on the staff of the United States Bureau of Fisheries as Scientific Assistant
- Naturalist aboard the Albatross (1911–1914)
- Assistant Curator at the United States National Museum as in the Division of Marine Invertebrates (1915–1920)
- Instructor of Zoology at George Washington University (1917)
- Named Curator of the Division of Marine Invertebrates (1920–1943)
- Head Curator of the Department of Biology (1943)
- Head Curator of Zoology (1943–1957)
- Honorary Research Associate and continued his association with the Smithsonian Institution until his death on 5 August 1977.
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