George Albert Smith Jr. (1905–1969) was a professor at Harvard Business School who wrote several books on management practice and other issues. Smith was the only son and third child of George Albert Smith, who would become the eighth president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church), and his wife Lucy Woodruff. Lucy was the daughter of Wilford Woodruff Jr., a son of Wilford Woodruff, who was the fourth president of the LDS Church. At the time of George Albert Smith Jr.'s birth his father was a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles.