FRENCHTOWN CHARTER TOWNSHIP

RESORT DISTRICT AUTHORITY

Larry L. Smith

Larry Smith was appointed and assumed the duties on January 3, 2012 as Director of the Frenchtown Charter Township Resort District Authority.  He graduated from Milan High School in Milan, Indiana before going to Purdue University where he received a Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering.  Upon graduation, he went to work for Ford Motor Company in Dearborn, Michigan holding various engineering positions and then Infinuem, a lubricants additive company, as its Automotive Industry Liaison Advisor in Detroit, before retiring in September 2011.  He has lived in Frenchtown Township since 1972, initially in Detroit Beach and then Grand Beach before moving to his present home.  He was very active in the Grand Beach Association serving on the board as either President or Treasurer for most of the 20 years of residence there and also served as the Chairman of the initial Resort District Recycling Committe.