William Beckett Gladney

Background

Gladney, William Beckett was born on January 30, 1896 in Natenez, Mississippi, United States. Son of Wallace Gardner and Mary Alice (Power) Gladney.

Education

AB magna cum laude, Wake Forest College, 1918.

Career

Bookkeeper, Ouachita National Bank, Monroe, Louisiana, 1917; assistant cashier, Ouachita National Bank, Monroe, Louisiana, 1921-1928; teller, general bookkeeper, Commercial National Bank, Shreveport, Louisiana, summer 1918; assistant cashier, Citizens National Bank (now Ouachita National Bank), Monroe, 1918-1921; vice president, Bastrop (Louisiana) Bank & Trust Company (now Bastrop National Bank), 1928-1938; executive vice president, Fidelity Bank & Trust Company, Baton Rouge, 1938-1944; president, Fidelity Bank & Trust Company, Baton Rouge, 1944-1954; director, Fidelity Bank & Trust Company, Baton Rouge, 1938-1992; vice chairman, Fidelity Bank & Trust Company, Baton Rouge, 1954-1960; vice Chairman of the Board, chairman, Executive Committee, Fidelity Bank & Trust Company, Baton Rouge, 1960-1992.

Achievements

• William Beckett Gladney has been listed as a noteworthy Banker by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member State Advisory Board Louisiana, 1937-1991. Chairman 2d War Loan Doctor, co-chairman 3d Doctor. Parish chairman Baton Rouge Relief Fund, 1939.

President Baton Rouge Community Chest, 1945. Vice president United Givers Fund of Baton Rouge. Chairman Bastrop chapter American Red Cross.

With United States Army, 1918. Member American Bankers Association (insurance and protective committee 1936, chairman 1937-1944, executive council 1935-1936, 44-47, member federal legislation, council and state legislation council, executive committee, national bank division 1946-1949, chairman executive committee 1947, president 1949-1950, treasurer 1951-1953), First Regional Clearing House Association Louisiana (organizer 1927, president 1928), Louisiana Bankers Association (executive committee 1932-1935, president 1935-1936), Bastrop Chamber of Commerce (past president), Baton Rouge Chamber of Commerce (past president), Baton Rouge Port Development Association, Elks, Masons, Kiwanis, others.

Connections

Married Ruth A. Washburn, September 20, 1924. Children: William W., Charles Wallace.

Father:

Wallace Gardner Gladney

Mother:

Mary Alice (Power) Gladney

Spouse:

Ruth A. Washburn

child:

William W. Gladney

child:

Charles Wallace Gladney