Background
Gladding, Ernest Knight was born on August 16, 1888 in Newport, Rhode Island, United States. Son of Henry and Mary Elizabeth (Dennis) Gladding.
Gladding, Ernest Knight was born on August 16, 1888 in Newport, Rhode Island, United States. Son of Henry and Mary Elizabeth (Dennis) Gladding.
Bachelor of Science, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, 1910.
Chemist eastern laboratory DuPont Powder Company, 1910, Kenvil laboratory, 1910, DuPont, Washington, 1910-1915, Éleuthère Irénée duPont de Nemours & Company, Incorporated., Parlin, New Jersey, 1915, acid superintendent, later assistant plant superintendent, Hopewell, Virginia, 1915-1918, plant superintendent, Old Hickory, Tennessee, 1918-1919, chemical director dye works, 1919-1920. Superintendent royal plant DuPont Fibresilk Company, Buffalo, 1920-1924, assistant production manager, 1924-1925. Production manager DuPont Rayon Company, Buffalo, 1925-1928, general manager technical department, New York City, 1928-1930, Buffalo, 1930-1932, assistant general manager, 1932-1936.
Assistant manager technical division rayon department Éleuthère Irénée duPont de Nemours & Company, Incorporated., Buffalo, 1936-1938, manager nylon division rayon department, Wilmington, Delaware, 1938-1944, director development department, 1944-1951, retired 1951.
Director Chemical Fund.
Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, Army Ordnance Association, American Chemical Society, American Geography Society.
Married Elizabeth Boss Congdon, October 10, 1914. Children: Prescilla C. (Mistress Victor J. Doctorate. Moore), Elizabeth K. (Mistress Weston J. Donehower), Anne (Mistress Oscar North. Stern), Thomas C., Marcia (Mistress John C. Guthrie).