Elmer Smith's guest appearances

Elmer Smith

Philadelphia Bar Association - Major Events

The Anthony Gargano Show - 97.5 The Fanatic

The Friends of the Saint Paul Public Library

The TKE Nation Podcast

Tom McCarthy

Daryl Morey

Keith Smith

Danny Briere

Mike Schmidt

Brad Marchand

Chris Mannix

Barry Melrose

John Calipari

Andrew Brandt

Tom Moore

Roy Halladay

Joel Farabee

Jeff Garcia

Brian Boucher

OwlTail

Anthony Gargano

Distinguished former Daily News writer Elmer Smith joins the show!

Distinguished former Daily News writer Elmer Smith joins the show!

Elmer Smith Joins The Anthony Gargano Show 8-19-2021 

Fraternity means a lot of things to a lot of people - For Frater Elmer Smith, its a connection like no other. In this episode, one of the Fraternity's most generous donors and volunteers shares why he chooses to give to TKE at such high levels. Elmer also shares how what he gained from TKE as a collegiate has sparked a lifelong passion for giving back that started with a 20 dollar donation and now includes a Million Dollar Match to endow the Charles R. Walgreen Jr. TKE Leadership Academy. Consider supporting Elmer's dream this #GivingTuesday. Every dollar raised will go towards the TKE Leadership Academy endowment. TKE.org/GivingTuesday2019

Fraternity means a lot of things to a lot of people - For Frater Elmer Smith, its a connection like no other. In this episode, one of the Fraternity's most generous donors and volunteers shares why he chooses to give to TKE at such high levels. Elmer also shares how what he gained from TKE as a collegiate has sparked a lifelong passion for giving back that started with a 20 dollar donation and now includes a Million Dollar Match to endow the Charles R. Walgreen Jr. TKE Leadership Academy. Consider supporting Elmer's dream this #GivingTuesday. Every dollar raised will go towards the TKE Leadership Academy endowment. <a href="http://TKE.org/GivingTuesday2019" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">TKE.org/GivingTuesday2019</a>

Connections: Elmer Smith on Leadership, Brotherhood and Giving

Tom Copeland

In his book, The Centralia Tragedy of 1919: Elmer Smith and the Wobblies, Tom Copeland, Macalester graduate and lawyer, tells the tale of Elmer Smith, also a Macalester graduate and lawyer. At the end of the Armistice Day Parade of 1919 in Centralia, Washington, Legionnaires, veterans, and others hostile to the Industrial Workers of the World, marched on the IWW union hall intending, again, to run the radicals out of town. The Wobblies knew of the plan and, on the advice of Elmer Smith, defended themselves and their hall. The attack began, the Wobblies fought back, four Legionnaires died, and three others were seriously injured. Later the Legionnaires lynched one of Wobblies. Twelve Fellow Workers and Elmer Smith were indicted for murder for one of the Legionnaire deaths. The jury acquitted Smith, but most of the others went to prison. Elmer Smith spent the rest of his life fighting, both in and out of court, for workers’ rights and for the freedom of his codefendants. Despite being jailed, ostracized, and disbarred, Elmer Smith never gave up the struggle. This is a story not often told but it needs to be heard by all those interested in the struggle to secure the rights of workers. 

In his book, The Centralia Tragedy of 1919: Elmer Smith and the Wobblies, Tom Copeland, Macalester graduate and lawyer, tells the tale of Elmer Smith, also a Macalester graduate and lawyer. At the end of the Armistice Day Parade of 1919 in Centralia, Washington, Legionnaires, veterans, and others hostile to the Industrial Workers of the World, marched on the IWW union hall intending, again, to run the radicals out of town. The Wobblies knew of the plan and, on the advice of Elmer Smith, defended themselves and their hall. The attack began, the Wobblies fought back, four Legionnaires died, and three others were seriously injured. Later the Legionnaires lynched one of Wobblies. Twelve Fellow Workers and Elmer Smith were indicted for murder for one of the Legionnaire deaths. The jury acquitted Smith, but most of the others went to prison. Elmer Smith spent the rest of his life fighting, both in and out of court, for workers’ rights and for the freedom of his codefendants. Despite being jailed, ostracized, and disbarred, Elmer Smith never gave up the struggle. This is a story not often told but it needs to be heard by all those interested in the struggle to secure the rights of workers.

Elmer Smith and the Wobblies with Tom Copeland (Untold Stories 2016)