Johnson Crayne Smith (27 October 1844-20 August 1919) was an early 20th-century businessman from Pittsburgh and the namesake of Johnson C. Smith University. After graduating from Washington and Jefferson College in Washington, Pennsylvania, Smith operated a drug store in McKeesport, Pennsylvania. He later became one of the pioneers of street railway construction and served as a director of the People?s Bank in McKeesport. He owned a substantial amount of real estate and co-founded the McKeesport Tin Plate Company. After he died in 1919, his wife, Jane Berry Smith of Pittsburgh gave funds to build a theological dormitory, a science hall, a teachers` cottage, and a memorial gate at the Biddle University…