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When Maynard H. Smith, Jr. was born in the small town of Caro, Michigan, on May 19, 1911, he became part of a family the offered him a life of convenience and privilege. His father, Maynard H. Smith, Sr., was a successful attorney who worked for a time during the 1920s for Henry Ford and the General Motors Corporation. His father's successful practice and subsequent appointment as a circuit court judge enabled the Smith family to live well during the difficult depression years. Years later Snuffy recalled for one interviewer that his father had often said, "A man should be so rich he could go fishing all the time or so poor he had to."