What we do
SolomonsWisdom.org arose out of an IRS designated 501(c)(3) Ohio non-profit corporation, Solomon Islands Wisdom, Inc. (SIWI), which supports Father Albert Kalu and the Dominican mission throughout the Solomon Islands. SIWI resulted from the association and influence of Ohio natives, Robert J. Schmidt, Robert L. Smith, Charles Leroy Roberts and Milton C. Coppock, friends at Fairview High School in the 1930s, and Douglas J. Schmidt, their respective grandson and great nephew. The four lived, and the fifth lives, Paul’s admonition to the Philippians:
Do nothing from selfish ambition or conceit; but
in humility regard others as better than yourselves.
2 Philippians 3
Bob Schmidt,
pictured in the last row and second from the right, died of cancer on December 10, 1971. He was educated at Grove City College and the University of Dayton.
Bob Smith,
pictured here as a VMI ROTC cadet, died on April 27, 2010. He was educated at the Virginia Military Institute and Ohio Wesleyan University.
Larry Roberts,
pictured here as a WWII Navy Supply Officer in the South Pacific, died on March 10, 1997. He was educated at Wittenberg University, Ohio State University, Bonebrake Seminary and Harvard Business School.
Milton Coppock,
pictured with his mother Marie F. Coppock, died on March 14, 1986. He was educated at Fairview High School, was a draftsman and participated in the design of the Curtiss-Wright P-40 Warhawk at Wright Field.
Doug Schmidt
is a Navy F-18 pilot. He was educated at the Miami Valley School, Purdue University, the United States Naval Test Pilot School and Johns Hopkins University.