My name: Walter Smithe
Childhood Ambition: To work at Walter E. Smithe
Fondest Memory: Our family took a one week vacation in Wisconsin in the summers and we really looked forward to that
Soundtrack: First concert ELO, favorites Robin Trower and Led Zeppelin
Most recent concert: Depeche Mode.  WFMT opera on Saturday afternoon and attending one opera per year
Retreat: Home
Wildest Dream: Sail around the world
Proudest Moment: Working with my brothers to make the 3rd generation in the business successful
Biggest Challenge: Golf
Perfect Day: A productive day at work and a peaceful evening at home
First Job: Paperboy
Indulgence: Home made malted
Last Purchase: A decorative pillow with a bulldog on it from our new Glendale Heights showroom
Favorite Movie: Family Vacation
Inspiration: Abraham Lincoln

My name: Tim, the middle brother
Childhood Ambition: Furniture.  Not really.  International Rock star
Fondest Memory: Laughing with good friends and making my kids laugh.  We play “make me laugh” at dinner
Soundtrack: My top 100 favorite songs ever is on iTunes listed as Tim Smithe's top 100
Retreat: Anywhere warm with my family  
Wildest Dream: Playing for the Cubs       
Proudest Moment: I get teary-eyed any time one of my sons is on stage   
Biggest Challenge: Balancing
Perfect Day: A morning run, lunch with my 4 sons, dinner out with my wife and kids
First Job: Bus boy in an ice cream parlor
Indulgence: Cars
Last Purchase: Oberweis milk    
Favorite Movie: Its corny, but “It’s a Wonderful Life” is #1
Inspiration: Happy men over 90

My name: Mark Smithe
Childhood Ambition: Do your best at the job at hand
Fondest Memory: Family vacations to Eagle River Wisconsin every August
Soundtrack: Pop Music
Retreat: Working Out
Wildest Dream: A happy and healthy retirement
Proudest Moment: Graduating from Law School
Biggest Challenge: Balancing life's priorities
Perfect Day: Time for work, exercise and to hang out with family and friends
First Job: Delivering Chicago Daily News in 1973
Indulgence: I have a bit of a sweet tooth...
Last Purchase: Green Stripe Brook’s Brothers Tie for Spring.  It’s very nice
Favorite Movie: Backdraft – A great Chicago movie about fire fighters that featured the Chicago Bungalow my father grew up in
Inspiration: People who immigrate from a poor country and come to the US and work hard to  make a new life for themselves