Posted on April 7, 2021
| 11:55 a.m.
Source: Lorelei Curt
Nebhut Lowe Smith Jr.
Nebhut Lowe Smith Junior, known as Neb among friends and family, died peacefully at his home in Santa Barbara on March 10, 2021, age 75, of leukemia.
Born to Nebhut and Margaret Smith on June 7, 1945 in Beverly Hills, Neb grew up in the communities of Mar Vista and Rossmoor, where he surfed and swam the days of his youth away, often with his brother Tommy in tow.
Neb arrived in Santa Barbara as a freshman at UCSB, where he was assigned to room with Phillip Smith who has been his best friend from then onward. Neb and Phil became pledge brothers at Phi Kappa Psi fraternity, and left their mark on Isla Vista in the ’60s.