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Allan Smith

Obituary of Allan Smith, architect; born November 1, 1922; died January 10, 2008. Allan Smith, who has died aged 85, worked for J & P Coats, the multinational threadmakers from Paisley, for 38 years and ended up as the firm's chief architect, supervising the design, erection and maintenance of their buildings around the world.

Smith was a man of devout faith and a member of St James' Church of Scotland in Paisley then latterly the Church of the Good Shepherd in Cardonald.

He was also a pioneer of the Moral Re-Armament Movement in Scotland and in the early post-war years worked closely with other senior members of Glasgow firms such as Colvilles, Weirs, Marshalls and Thompson Newspapers to promote the concept of "teamwork in industry", in response to class-war doctrines.

In later years he was also an active supporter of schemes such as the Jubilee Debt Campaign for poor countries, Make Poverty History and campaigns against global warming.

Full story at The Herald.