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DuPont

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DuPont

COMPANY

E. I. duPont and Co., founded 1802 by �leuth�re Ir�n�e du Pont. Forced under anti-trust legislation to divest Hercules in 1912. Acquired Conoco in 1981, spun off in 1998. Purchased the Danish chemical-pharma firm Danisco in 2011.

Official Website:
http://www.dupont.com/

Industry:
Chemical

Ticker:
NYSE:DD

Corporate headquarters:
Wilmington, DE

Sales:
$28.5B (2005)

Employees:
60,000

EXECUTIVES

NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Jerald A. Blumberg Business c. 1939   Chairman of DuPont Europe, 1995-97
Walter S. Carpenter, Jr. Business 8-Jan-1888 1976 President of DuPont, 1940-48
E. Gary Cook Business c. 1944   CEO of Witco Corporation, 1996-99
Archie W. Dunham Business 1938   CEO of Conoco, 1996-2002
Gary W. Edwards Business c. 1942   EVP at Conoco, 1991-2001
Paul A. Friedman Business c. 1942   CEO of Incyte
J. Erik Fyrwald Business c. 1959   CEO of Nalco Holding
Richard R. Goodmanson Business 1947   COO of DuPont
Alan J. Heeger Physicist 22-Jan-1936   Metallic polymers
Charles O. Holliday, Jr. Business 1948   CEO of DuPont, 1998-2008
John A. Krol Business 16-Oct-1936   CEO of DuPont, 1995-98
Ellen J. Kullman Business 1956   CEO of DuPont
Kurt M. Landgraf Business c. 1946   CEO of Educational Testing Service
Jeffrey M. Lipton Business 5-Jul-1942   CEO of NOVA Chemicals, 1998-2009
George F. MacCormack Business 1943   Former Group VP at DuPont
Steven R. McCracken Business 1953 7-Feb-2008 CEO of Owens-Illinois, 2004-06
Keith R. McLoughlin Business 10-Jun-1956   VP at Electrolux
Thomas Midgley Chemist 18-May-1889 2-Nov-1944 Ethyl gasoline, Freon
Craig G. Naylor Business 24-Nov-1948   Former DuPont VP
Russell W. Peterson Politician 3-Oct-1916 21-Feb-2011 Governor of Delaware, 1969-73
Gary M. Pfeiffer Business c. 1949   CFO of DuPont, 1997-2006
Roy Plunkett Chemist 26-Jun-1910 12-May-1994 Accidentally discovered Teflon
Éleuthère Irénée du Pont Business 24-Jun-1771 31-Oct-1834 Founder of DuPont
John J. Raskob Business 12-Mar-1879 14-Oct-1950 Built the Empire State Building
Dennis H. Reilley Business 1953   Chairman of Praxair, 2000-07
Arthur R. Sawchuk Business c. 1936   CEO of DuPont Canada, 1992-97
Richard U. De Schutter Business ?   CEO of DuPont Pharmaceuticals, 2000-01
Susan M. Stalnecker Business c. 1951   VP and Treasurer at DuPont
Mark A. Suwyn Business c. 1942   CEO of Louisiana Pacific, 1996-2004

CURRENT BOARD MEMBERS OR DIRECTORS

NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Richard H. Brown Business c. 1947   CEO of EDS, 1999-2003
Robert A. Brown Educator 22-Jul-1951   President, Boston University
Bertrand P. Collomb Business c. 1943   CEO of Lafarge SA, 1987-2003
Curtis J. Crawford Business c. 1947   President of XCEO
Alexander M. Cutler Business 28-May-1951   CEO of Eaton
John T. Dillon Business 7-Sep-1938   CEO of International Paper, 1996-2003
Thère du Pont Business c. 1966   CFO of Drugstore.com
Marillyn A. Hewson Business c. 1954   EVP at Lockheed Martin
Charles O. Holliday, Jr. Business 1948   CEO of DuPont, 1998-2008
Lois D. Juliber Business c. 1949   COO of Colgate-Palmolive, 2000-04
Ellen J. Kullman Business 1956   CEO of DuPont
Sean O'Keefe Administrator 27-Jan-1956   NASA Administrator, 2001-05
William K. Reilly Business 26-Jan-1940   EPA Administrator, 1989-93

PAST BOARD MEMBERS OR DIRECTORS

NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Alain J. P. Belda Business 23-Jun-1943   CEO of Alcoa
Andrew Brimmer Economist 13-Sep-1926   Federal Reserve Governor, 1966-74
Edgar Bronfman, Sr. Business 20-Jun-1929   CEO of Seagram's until 1994
Walter S. Carpenter, Jr. Business 8-Jan-1888 1976 President of DuPont, 1940-48
Archie W. Dunham Business 1938   CEO of Conoco, 1996-2002
John A. Krol Business 16-Oct-1936   CEO of DuPont, 1995-98
Masahisa Naitoh Business c. 1938   CEO of Institute of Energy Economics, Japan
Charles Vest Educator 9-Sep-1941   President of MIT, 1990-2004
Sanford I. Weill Business 16-Mar-1933   CEO of Citigroup, 1998-2003
John L. Weinberg Business 25-Jan-1925 7-Aug-2006 Chairman of Goldman Sachs, 1976-90

NOTABLE EMPLOYEES

NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Norman Borlaug Scientist 25-Mar-1914 12-Sep-2009 Engineered disease-resistant wheat
Wallace Hume Carothers Chemist 27-Apr-1896 29-Apr-1937 Inventor of Nylon
Paul J. Flory Chemist 19-Jun-1910 9-Sep-1985 Studied polymers
Stephanie Kwolek Chemist 31-Jul-1923   Invented Kevlar
Charles J. Pedersen Chemist 3-Oct-1904 26-Oct-1989 Synthesis of crown ethers

EMPLOYMENT

NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Frank Baldino, Jr. Business 13-May-1953 16-Dec-2010 Founder of Cephalon
Joseph Coors, Sr. Business 12-Nov-1917 15-Mar-2003 Ultraconservative beer baron
Dave Cutler Computer Programmer 13-Mar-1942   Father of Windows NT
Pete du Pont Politician 22-Jan-1935   Governor of Delaware, 1977-85
Arthur H. Harper Business 3-Dec-1955   CEO, GE Equipment Services 2002-05
Robert H. Jenkins Business c. 1942   CEO of Sundstrand, 1995-99
Ted Kaufman Government 15-Mar-1939   TARP oversight panel
Marvin Olasky Pundit 12-Jun-1950   The Tragedy of American Compassion
Tim Reid Actor 19-Dec-1944   Venus Flytrap on WKRP in Cincinnati
Richard R. Schrock Chemist 4-Jan-1945   Metathesis
Earl Tupper Business 28-Jul-1907 5-Oct-1983 Inventor of Tupperware
Vincent du Vigneaud Chemist 18-May-1901 11-Dec-1978 Synthesized vasopressin and oxytocin
Sam Walton Business 29-Mar-1918 5-Apr-1992 America's richest man, founded Wal-Mart
William Zeliff Politician 12-Jun-1936   Congressman from New Hampshire, 1991-97

EXTRANEOUS

NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Frederick G. Cottrell Inventor 10-Jan-1877 16-Nov-1948 Smokestack filters to fight pollution
John Diebold Author 8-Jun-1926 26-Dec-2005 Advocate of automation
Roald Hoffmann Chemist 18-Jul-1937   Woodward-Hoffmann reaction
James C. Humes Government 31-Oct-1934   Speechwriter to five Presidents

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