Background
Harding, Charles Barney was born on September 11, 1899 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of James Horace and Dorothea Elizabeth Allen (Barney) Harding.
Harding, Charles Barney was born on September 11, 1899 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of James Horace and Dorothea Elizabeth Allen (Barney) Harding.
Graduate Groton School, 1918. Bachelor of Science, United States Military Academy, 1920. Graduate Field Artillery School, 1921.
Served as second lieutenant, then First lieutenant, Field Artillery, United States Army, 1920-1922. First lieutenant Field Artillery Reserve, 1922-1926, captain, 1926-1931. Lieutenant, United States Naval Reserve, November 1940.
On active duty 1941; captain, March 1945. Discharge October, 1945. Began with Chas. D. Barney & Company, brokers and investment bankers, 1922, became partner, 1925, partner Smith Barney & Company, from 1938, senior partner from 1944.
Director Scott Paper Company Governor New York Stock Exchange, 1937-1940, vice Chairman of the Board, 1938-1940, Chairman of the Board May 1940-May 1941. Director Cerro Corporation until 1975, director Midland Ross Corporation, Motor Terminals, Inc., Union Texas Natural Gas Corporation.
Served as second lieutenant, then First lieutenant, Field Artillery, United States Army, 1920-1922. Member of committee of three which redrafted the Constitution of the Exchange, 1938. Member industrial advising committee Advertising Council.
Member National Council, Boy Scouts American Councilman, Rumson, New Jersey. Member Electoral College New Jersey, 1948. Member of New York State Chamber of Commerce.
Clubs: Rumson (New Jersey) Country.
Married Marion Choate, December 3, 1924. Children: Joan (Mistress Thomas J. King), Robert Shaw Oliver.
