Background
Fording, Edmund Howard was born on March 20, 1937 in Cleveland. Son of Edmund H. and Kathryn E. (Kinsley) Fording.
Fording, Edmund Howard was born on March 20, 1937 in Cleveland. Son of Edmund H. and Kathryn E. (Kinsley) Fording.
Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering, U. Kansas, 1959; Master of Business Administration in International Business, New York University, 1972.
Sales representative organic chemicals division, Monsanto Chemical Company, Cleveland, 1959-1962; sales representative plasticizers division, Monsanto Company. New York City, 1966-1968; regional manager plasticizers division, Monsanto Company. New York City, 1968-1972; director marketing plasticizers division, Monsanto Company, St. Louis, 1972-1977; director marketing plastics division, Monsanto Company, St. Louis, 1977-1980; director organic department, Mobay Corporation, Pittsburgh, 1980-1988; general manager dyes division, Hilton Davis Company, Cincinnati, 1988-1989; president dyes, chemicals division, Crompton & Knowles Corporation, Reading, Pennsylvania, since 1989.
First lieutenant United States Air Force, 1962-1966. Member Society Chemical Industry, American Association Textile Chemists Colorists, American Legion.
Married Marilyn L. Green Blumeyer, January 25, 1959 (divorced 1977). Children: Jay K., Jennifer L. Fording Rodenberg. Married Jean T. Cochran, July 12, 1979.
Children: Margaret Woodburn, Christopher Horner.