Background
Kent, Everett Leonard was born on June 25, 1889 in Delaware County, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Henry Thomas and Louise (Leonard) Kent.
Textile manufacturing executive
Kent, Everett Leonard was born on June 25, 1889 in Delaware County, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Henry Thomas and Louise (Leonard) Kent.
Student, Cornell University, 1911. Doctor Textiles (honorary), Philadelphia Textile Institute.
President, The Kent Manufacturing Company, 1918-1956; chairman, The Kent Manufacturing Company, from 1956. President Clifton Heights National Bank, 1934-1954, Kent-Hampton Sales, Inc., New York City, from 1936, Pennsylvania Manufacturers Casualty & Fire Companies, from 1946. Board directors Fidelity-Philadelphia Trust Company, from 1954.
Married Helen Irwin, April 24, 1915. Children: William Irwin, Everett Leonard (deceased), Warren Thompson.