An urgent Request for Assistance

“I am looking for information as to the whereabouts of one James Alan Smith.

Mr. Smith, born in London UK, accompanied his parents to Rhodesia as a young

man in 1949. Mr. Smith would be in his 76th year now. He was known to attend

the 1986 World’s Fair in Vancouver, Canada. His family resided in an area

now known as Chadcombe,a suburb of Salisbury(Harare), for about 5 years. His

father was a member of a British Trade Commission, probably involved in the

tobacco industry. His parents returned to England in 1965. He married and

stayed in Rhodesia for some time.

It is believed that Mr. Smith attended undergraduate Engineering classes at

the University of Zimbabwe. However my several queries to the Administration

Office of the University of Zimbabwe have gone unanswered. He may have been

enrolled in another College or University in or around Salisbury. Were there

any other Colleges in Rhodesia in the early 1950s? He may have belonged to a

Fraternity or given his education credentials on a license or job

application. Excepting his parents, now deceased, Mr. Smith had no relatives

in Africa. He does, however, have a grandchild in California who desperately

needs a bone marrow transplant. Mr. Smith is the closest living kin and the

Doctors say the best chance for lifesaving “match”.

If anyone has any information, however small, about Mr. Smith, the Schools

or businesses with which he was connected, that information would be most

helpful. Of course, time is very much of the essence!

Thank you

John A. Stevens Esq.