Background
Spruance, William Corbit was born on September 26, 1873 in Wilmington, Delaware, United States. Son of William Corbit and Maria Louisa (Spotswood) Spruance.
Spruance, William Corbit was born on September 26, 1873 in Wilmington, Delaware, United States. Son of William Corbit and Maria Louisa (Spotswood) Spruance.
Graduate Friends’ School, Wilmington, 1890. Princeton University, 1894, Electrical Engineer, 1895.
Consultant practice until 1903. With duPont Company, since 1903, except military service. Vice-president and director Éleuthère Irénée du Pont de Nemours & Company Commissioned major Ordnance Roman Catholic, United States of America, December 1917.
Lieutenant colonel North.A., January 1918.
Colonel United States of America, October 1918. Served as chief of explosives and loading division Ordnance Department.
Member commodity section on explosives War Industries Board and commission on explosives investigation National Research Council. Honorary discharged, February 1919.
Member commodity section on explosives War Industries Board and commission on explosives investigation National Republican.
Married Alice Moore Lea, May 4, 1907.