Background
Harding, James Wirt was born on February 28, 1927 in Houston, Texas, United States. Son of James Wirt and Orlean Clive (Murray) Harding.
Harding, James Wirt was born on February 28, 1927 in Houston, Texas, United States. Son of James Wirt and Orlean Clive (Murray) Harding.
Student, University Texas, 1944—1945. Student, University Houston, 1946—1947. Bachelor in Chemistry, Baylor University, Waco, Texas, 1948.
Advertising chemist Shell Chemical Corporation, New York City, 1948—1951. Research chemist American Cyanamid, Fort Worth, 1954—1957. Chief chemist Big Three Industrial Gas, Houston, 1961—1967.
Owner, operator Air Laboratory Inc., 1967—1969. Specialty gas manager Southwest Cryogenics, 1969—1971. Manager Rocky Mountain Division Science Gas Products Inc., Longmont, Colorado, 1971—1981.
Laboratory manager Sanco Services Inc., Denver, from 1981. Appointed ministry United Methodist Church, 1975. Pastor Mead United Methodist Church, Colorado, from 1975.
Speaker technical meetings. Served United States Navy, 1944-1945.
Member of American Chemical Society, Foothills Poets, Poetry Society Texas.
Married Helen Elizabeth Crump, October 31, 1962. Children: Elizabeth Irease, Marla Jaye, Evangeline, Shelley Anne, James Wesley.