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in 1917. In 1919 du Pont became a member of the Delaware board of education, becoming president in the 1920s. At the time, state law prohibited money raised from white taxpayers from being used to support the state's schools for black children. Appalled by the condition of the black schools, du Pont
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donated four million dollars to construct eighty-six new school buildings. By 1927, it was reported that he had provided school buildings for 43% of Delaware's schoolchildren. In 1925 he became Delaware's tax commissioner, and used his position to modernize the tax office and ensure tax collection.
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Du Pont was on multiple boards and committees, and from 1916 to 1951 he was a member of the MIT Corporation, the university's board of trustees. Along with his brother Lammot, he was given the honor of being made a life member emeritus when he stepped down from the board in 1951.
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His great-great-grandfather, and namesake, was a French economist (who had been granted the ennobling suffix "de Nemours" after election to the Constituent Assembly) and patriarch of the du Pont family. Du Pont de Nemours immigrated to America with relatives including his son,
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In 1884 his father was killed in an industrial accident. As the eldest son of ten children he was patriarch of the family. For the rest of their lives, his siblings, even his older sisters, addressed him as "Dad" or "Daddy."
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Pierre was DuPont's president until 1919. Pierre gave the DuPont company a modern management structure and modern accounting policies and made the concept of return on investment primary. During
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In 2000, the DuPont MIT Alliance (DMA) was formed. Over the next 10 years, the DuPont corporation donated $ 55 million to the university to fund as many as 20 different research projects.
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from 1915 to 1920, became GM's president in 1920, and was on GM's board of directors until 1928. Among other notable accomplishments, he was among the founding board of directors of the
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He was a bachelor until age 45. On October 16, 1915, after the death of his mother, he married his first cousin Alice Belin (1872–1944), a daughter of Henry Belin Jr., from
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In 1915, a group headed by Pierre, which included outsiders, bought Coleman's stock. Alfred was offended and sued Pierre for breach of trust.
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donated $ 215,000 to house the Department of Mining, Engineering and Metallurgy (now the Department of Materials Science and Engineering).
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Du Pont was one of the first of many of his family members to attend the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Both his younger brothers,
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company in 1802, and whose descendants would form one of the richest American business dynasties of the ensuing two centuries.
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Pierre retired from DuPont's board in 1940. He also was on the Delaware State Board of Education and donated millions to
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as a private secretary, beginning a long and profitable business and personal relationship between the two.
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Most of the 1890s he spent working with the management at a steel firm partly owned by DuPont (primarily by
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magazine's January 31, 1927, issue. That same year he was elected an honorary member of the Delaware
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munition contracts. He also established many other DuPont interests in other industries.
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du Pont married Alice Belin Du Pont, his first cousin, in 1915; she died in 1944.
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Du Pont died nearly ten years later on April 4, 1954, at Memorial Hospital in
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in Wilmington, now a middle school, is named in his honor. A building at the
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Pierre du Pont resigned the chairmanship of GM in response to GM President
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A Separate Place: The Schools That P.S. du Pont Built (short version)
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology School of Science alumni
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Du Pont was born January 15, 1870, on the family estate near
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Following graduation from MIT in 1890, he became assistant
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In 1920, he became president of General Motors succeeding
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dispute with Raskob over Raskob's involvement with the
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du Pont on the cover of the January 31, 1927 issue of
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In 1930, he was elected a director of the 1605:Last Call: The Rise and Fall of Prohibition 1573:Last Call: The Rise and Fall of Prohibition 1444: 1348: 1002: 871: 853:Last Call: The Rise and Fall of Prohibition 814: 486:In 1915, Du Pont was elected a director of 1334:Genealogy of the Du Pont family, 1739–1942 815:Bedingfield, Robert E. (4 December 1954). 706:Genealogy of the Du Pont family, 1739-1942 565:Genealogy of the Du Pont family, 1739–1942 328:. He was the eldest of three sons born to 29: 940: 563:In 1943, his genealogical research book, 1724:Biography at the DuPont Heritage website 1623: 971: 574: 416: 163: 909: 1828:Burials at Du Pont de Nemours Cemetery 1805: 1597: 1565: 1475: 845: 693:in 1924, equal to over $ 12.8M today. 412: 397:), the Johnson Street Rail Company in 1629: 1529: 1527: 1450: 1354: 1268:Massachusetts Institute of Technology 1243:Massachusetts Institute of Technology 1169:Massachusetts Institute of Technology 977: 946: 235:Massachusetts Institute of Technology 167: 13: 1853:William Penn Charter School alumni 1524: 696: 300:from 1915 to 1919, and was on its 14: 1864: 1701: 709:. Wilmington, DE, US: Hambleton. 516: 481: 1708: 642: 633: 570: 464:He was featured on the cover of 326:Pierre Samuel du Pont de Nemours 259: 16:American businessman (1870–1954) 1678: 1654: 1591: 1559: 1500: 1325: 1281: 1256: 1232: 1182: 1157: 602:His wife died at their home in 159: 1609:. Scribner. loc 5604(Kindle). 1577:. 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The ceremony was at 400 130:Wilmington, Delaware, U.S. 1838:General Motors executives 1791: 1781: 1773: 1763: 1753: 1745: 1740: 1487:Hagley Museum and Library 917:"Pierre S. du Pont Is 75" 652:Hagley Museum and Library 641: 632: 627: 620: 472:Society of the Cincinnati 358: 248: 240: 228: 213: 201: 177: 142: 134: 120: 96: 91: 87: 75: 63: 52: 44: 40: 28: 21: 791:"1915 Pierre S. du Pont" 742:P. S. Dupont High School 683:P. S. Dupont High School 338:Eleuthère Irénée du Pont 1823:American businesspeople 399:Johnstown, Pennsylvania 35:du Pont in January 1910 1666:University of Delaware 1662:"Du Pont Hall History" 1313:Cite journal requires 1220:Cite journal requires 687:University of Delaware 606:, on June 23, 1944. 585:Scranton, Pennsylvania 580: 428: 380:Francis Gurney du Pont 312:which opened in 1931. 1292:. University Business 1199:(3). 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Coleman du Pont 429: 395:T. Coleman du Pont 378:He and his cousin 340:, who founded the 332:and Mary Belin. 302:board of directors 209:Mary Belin du Pont 1801: 1800: 1792:Succeeded by 1777:William C. Durant 1767:Lammot du Pont II 1764:Succeeded by 1729:Pierre S. du Pont 1114:. 1 December 1920 1021:. 9 December 1930 928:. 16 January 1945 747:Ross Point School 657: 656: 567:, was published. 527:Lammot du Pont II 499:William C. Durant 445:Eugene I. du Pont 433:Alfred I. du Pont 369:Eleutherian Mills 252: 251: 190:Lammot du Pont II 70:William C. 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Index


General Motors
William C. Durant
Alfred P. Sloan Jr.
Wilmington, Delaware
Irénée du Pont
Lammot du Pont II
Lammot du Pont
Longwood Gardens
Kennett Square, Pennsylvania
Alma mater
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
/dˈpɒnt/
du Pont family
DuPont
board of directors
General Motors
Empire State Building
Wilmington, Delaware
Pierre Samuel du Pont de Nemours
Lammot du Pont
Eleuthère Irénée du Pont
DuPont
MIT
superintendent
Eleutherian Mills
Brandywine River
Francis Gurney du Pont
smokeless powder
Carney's Point

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