Gordon B. Greenough

Gordon Baker Greenough was born June 11 or 13, 1892, Beverly, Massachusetts. He was the son of Charles Edward and Nellie Baker (Kelman) Greenough, and brother to Martha and Margaret. He resided in Akron, Ohio, in 1917.
Greenough graduated from Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1914. He was a chemical engineer, employed at Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company, where he distinguished himself in development of synthetic shoe soles and heels. He discovered a formula for a white rubber sole and the Goodyear Co. took out a patent on a fabric he invented. He entered the Chemical Warfare Service in Washington, in the Research Department for work in the Pyrotechnical Division. He received his commission two months after enlisting, largely as a result of his work with perfecting incendiary bombs. He was appointed 2nd Lieutenant, March 21, 1918. Lieut. Greenough died may 2, 1918, at Walter Reed Hospital, Washington, D.C., of disease. He was 26 years old and was buried in Malden, Massachusetts.