Benjamin F. Gerding, III

Background

III, Benjamin F. Gerding, was born on March 7, 1916 in New York City. Son of Benjamin Franklin and Hilda Margaret (Scott-Smith) Gerding.

Education

Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, 1938.

Career

Vice president operations and general manager Drexel Dynamics, Horsham, Pennsylvania, 1964—1967. Vice president operations Angstrohm Precision, Van Nuys, California, 1967—1968. General manager resistor division Sprague Electric, Nashua, New Hampshire, 1969—1970.

Vice president engineering Robinson-Halpern, Plymouth Meeting, Pennsylvania, 1971—1974. President Problem Solvers for Industry, Chalfont, from 1974.

Achievements

• Benjamin F. Gerding, III has been listed as a noteworthy management consultant, mechanical engineer by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Tutor Volunteers in Teaching Alternatives. Co-founder American Business Club, Lansdale, Pennsylvania, 1966. Member New Britain Planning Commission, 1958—1967.

Elder Lenepe Valley Presbyterian Church. Member of American Arbitration Association, Bucks County Chamber of C., Phi Eta Sigma.

Interests

• Architecture, history, research.

Connections

Married Elizabeth M. McKee, March 24, 1940. Children: Elizabeth Ann, Sarah Allen.

Father:

Benjamin Franklin Gerding

Mother:

Hilda Margaret (Scott-Smith) Gerding

Spouse:

Elizabeth M. McKee

child:

Sarah Allen III

child:

Elizabeth Ann III