Ben Smith

born in Malta; father in Royal Navy, mother Turkish; trained as a naval architect; two years National Service, RAF (Aircrew and Ground crew); Later career, naval architect, teacher and lecturer, freelance and full time journalist (all in the UK and USA.) A widower, my late wife was American (met in MENSA Society) and died of cancer; daughter a lawyer in New York, son a senior editor and PH. D for major German medical and chemical publishing company

Editor and Journalistic Background:
Editor with IPC Press, International Editor offshore oil journal; columnist with Surrey Advertiser, Private Education and Delaware State newspapers; P. R executive (with associated journalistic duties) freelance writing for many years covering technical and general topics; two published books and some fiction;wrote and co-presented a psychic phenomenon program with a Delaware radio station (2 years+) and interviewed by Surrey Radio and other stations, including Radio 2 (Derek Jameson) on a WW2 musical play of mine, along with marine and oil/gas topics at various times.

Other Points of Academic and Professional Interest:
Member of NUJ and Society of Authors; ex-Member of the Broadcasting Association. Fellow Energy Institute, Chartered Engineer, Member Royal Institution of Naval Architects, retired NUT member, Member of Mensa, onetime member of the Psychic Research Society.
Taught at an American university and college, and also a number of Surrey schools. Academically, hold a Master's Degree M. Sc.) in Science