Craig H. Smyth (July 28, 1915 - December 22, 2006) was the Director of the Villa I Tatti between 1973 and 1985. Smyth attended Princeton University, where he earned his BA (1938), MFA (1941), and PhD (1956), each in art history. He joined the naval reserve during World War II, and soon became part of the Monuments, Fine Arts, and Archives division. As an MFAA officer, he established the Allied collecting point in Munich in 1945. After the war, he led the first academic program in conservation in the United States at the New York University Institute of Fine Arts (1950-1973). From there, he became the director of Harvard University's Center for Italian Renaissance Studies at Villa I Tatti in Florence which he held until 1985.