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Glidden famously employed the chemist Percy Julian in the 1930s, who was one of the first African-Americans to receive a Ph.D. in chemistry. In 1967, Glidden merged with SCM Corporation and became the Glidden-Durkee Division of that company. In less than 10 years, the division became responsible for two thirds of SCM's sales.
Germain Green Glidden (December 5, 1913 – February 11, 1999) was an American national squash champion, painter, muralist, cartoonist and founder of the National Art Museum of Sport. Life and career [ edit ]
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Glidden McLellan Parker, Jr. (1913 – 1980) was an American artist and designer who is best known for his work in ceramics and stained glass. He established Glidden Pottery in Alfred, New York and later was chief designer for Glass Art Studio in Scottsdale, Arizona.
Henry was born in Somerville, Massachusetts, on April 5, 1891, to Charles Henry Glidden and May Grace Orange. He was thus a member of the eighth generation of the Glidden family in the United States. He graduated from the Rindge Manual Training School in Cambridge, MA, in 1909.
Glidden Pottery was also recognized in the Good Design shows at the Museum of Modern Art in New York and at Merchandise Mart in Chicago. [ 3 ] [ 5 ] In 1949, Glidden Pottery started producing some of the ware using a RAM press , which was a newly developed process for shaping clay products by pressing clay between two molds or dies.
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Francis Harrington Glidden (1832–1922) was an American businessman best known for founding the company now known as the Glidden Company, which became a subsidiary of Akzo Nobel NV [1] before that company sold the Glidden business to PPG Industries, Inc. in 2012.