Moosmann, J. J. (Joseph John), 1884-1949

J. J. Moosmann was an executive for E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company.

Moosmann was born in London on May 1, 1884, and came to New York with his family in 1897. He went to work as an office boy for the Laflin & Rand Powder Company in New York City in 1899 and for seven years was secretary to J. Amory Haskell, president of Laflin & Rand. Laflin & Rand was purchased by Du Pont in 1902, and Haskell became Vice President in charge of the Sales Department and later of the Smokeless Powder Department.

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