… Gaddis Smith, expert on U.S. foreign relations and ‘spellbinding orator’ … Gaddis Smith, … 2, after a long illness. He was 90. If ever there was a modern “Mr. Yale”, Gaddis Smith would qualify for that title. … Pearl Harbor attack, or the Bay of Pigs invasion, or the Iran Hostage Crisis, the undergrads hanging on every word,” …