Biography
Smylie was born in Marcus, Iowa, and graduated from high school in Cresco, Iowa in 1932 at the height of the Depression. Offered a place to live by an uncle, he moved to Idaho to attend the College of Idaho (now Albertson College of Idaho). During the school year, he participated in debate, the yearbook, football, and student government, and hitchhiked back to Iowa in the summers.
After his graduation in 1938; he simultaneously clerked at the law firm of Covington Burling, was a U.S. Capitol policeman, and attended George Washington University Law School in Washington D. C. until his graduation in 1942. He married Lucile Irwin on December 4, 1943 and the couple had two children.
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