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Pierre Samuel du Pont (/ d uː ˈ p ɒ n t /; January 15, 1870 – April 4, 1954) was an American entrepreneur, businessman, philanthropist and member of the prominent du Pont family. He was president of DuPont from 1915 to 1919, and was on its board of directors until 1940.
Science and Corporate Strategy: Du Pont R and D, 1902–1980. Cambridge and New York: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-32767-9. Kinnane, Adrian (2002). DuPont: From the Banks of the Brandywine to Miracles of Science. Wilmington: E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company. ISBN 0-8018-7059-3. Ndiaye, Pap A. (trans. 2007).
Woolard was a member of the National Academy of Engineering and the American Philosophical Society. [3] In 1988, he received the Distinguished Engineering Alumnus Award Recipient from his alma mater, NCSU.
The du Pont family (English: / d uː ˈ p ɒ n t /) [1] or Du Pont family is a prominent American family descended from Pierre Samuel du Pont de Nemours (1739–1817), a French minor aristocrat. It has been one of the richest families in the United States since the mid-19th century, when it founded its fortune in the gunpowder business.
WASHINGTON – College students in California sued the U.S. Department of Education Friday, alleging Elon Musk’s government efficiency team illegally accessed the agency’s confidential student ...
Delaware College of Art and Design: Wilmington: Private 1997 2024 On May 23, 2024, the college announced it would be winding down operations and close permanently. St. Mary's College: Wilmington [9] Private [9] 1841 [9] 1866 [9] Catholic institution closed in 1866 following the American Civil War. [22] Wesley College: Dover [10] Private [10 ...
This is a list of Dickinson College alumni. This list covers alumni from the first graduating class in July 1787 [1] to the present. ... Alfred V. du Pont: 1818.
It is “where the du Pont story begins.” [11] Hagley is the site of the Eleutherian Mills gunpowder works founded by Eleuthère Irénée du Pont in 1802. It provides a glimpse at early American industry and includes restored mills, a workers' community, and the ancestral home and gardens of the du Pont family.