Background
Banning, Kendall was born on September 20, 1879 in New York, United States. Son of William Calvin and Helen Josephine (Mellen) Banning.
Banning, Kendall was born on September 20, 1879 in New York, United States. Son of William Calvin and Helen Josephine (Mellen) Banning.
Bachelor of Arts, Dartmouth, 1902.
Briesen, May 19, 1906 (died July 7, 1912). 1 daughter, Barbara (Mistress Harrison Tweed). Married second, Dorothy Carter Sanders, November 15, 1915.
1 son, William Calvin. Managing and associate editor, System, 1903-1917. Managing editor, Hearst’s Magazine, Cosmopolitan, 1919-1921.
Editor, Popular Radio, 1922-1928. Editorial director New Fiction Public Corporation, also of Leslie-Judge Company, 1923-1927. Vice president New Fiction Public Corporation, Leslie-Judge Company, Popular Radio, Inc., 1922-1928.
Editorial director Public Utilities Fortnightly, 1929-1934. Officer New York and Ohio National Guard, 1902-1909. Captain 1st Aero Squadron (provisional), New York, 1913-1914.
Major Signal corpus, United States army, 1917. Director division of pictures, Committee on Public Information, Washington, 1917. Major, General Staff, United States Army, 1918-1919.
Officer in charge of compilation of pictorial record and history of the war. Lieutenant colonel Signal Reserve since 1922. With Office of Chief of Ordnance since 1943.
Chief historian Army Ordnance Department, 1943-1944.
Member Society 1812, Order Founders and Patriots America, Veteran Corps Artillery, Phi Delta Theta. Clubs: The Players (New York).
Married Hedwig v.;; married second, Dorothy Carter Sanders, November 15, 1915.