Du Pont, Irénée, 1876-1963

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Irénée du Pont (1876-1963) was born at Nemours, near Eleutherian Mills, New Castle County, Delaware. He received B.S. and M.S. degrees in chemical engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He began work for E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co. in 1903 in the Construction Division of the Black Powder Operating Department. After gaining experience, he was named Assistant Treasurer in 1905 and manager of the Development Department three years later. In 1915 he joined with his brothers Pierre and Lammot to organize a syndicate which gained control of the Company by purchasing the shares of stock owned by T. Coleman du Pont. When Pierre S. du Pont became president, Irénée became treasurer and four years later, when Pierre resigned his office to become president of General Motors, Irénée took over as president of the Du Pont Company. He served in this capacity from 1919 until 1926.

In the 1920s Irénée du Pont was active in the Association Against the Prohibition Amendment, and in the 1930s he was a founding member and important supporter of the American Liberty League. He continued serving on the Board of Directors of E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co. until 1959.

From the description of Papers, 1784-1957. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122292416

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referencedIn Natrona Alkali Company. Natrona Alkali Company records, 1876-1900 (bulk, 1950-1978). Hagley Museum & Library
referencedIn Gentieu, Pierre A., 1842-1930. Reminiscences of one of Du Pont's employees : typescript, n.d. Hagley Museum & Library
referencedIn E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company. Records (Series II), 1765-1962 (bulk 1902-1962). Hagley Museum & Library
referencedIn Silvia, Mary Laird, 1938- ,. Du Pont-Laird family miscellany, 1921-1953. Hagley Museum & Library
referencedIn Copeland family. Papers, 1637-1998 (bulk, 1950-1998). Hagley Museum & Library
referencedIn E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company. Office of the president. Records, 1909-1952 (bulk 1914-1948). Hagley Museum & Library
creatorOf Du Pont, Irénée, 1876-1963. Five letters to Sydney Gross, 1950-1951. Hagley Museum & Library
creatorOf Du Pont, Irénée, 1876-1963. TLS : to Alfred P. Sloan, 1927 June 22 [photocopy]. Hagley Museum & Library
creatorOf Du Pont, Irénée, 1876-1963. Papers, 1784-1957. Hagley Museum & Library
referencedIn Maxim, Hudson, 1853-1927. Papers, 1889-1925. Hagley Museum & Library
referencedIn Brown, Donaldson, 1885-1965. Papers, 1921-1966. Hagley Museum & Library
referencedIn Du Pont, Irene Sophie, 1877-1961. Letters to husband Irénée du Pont, 1921-1936. Hagley Museum & Library
referencedIn Association Against the Prohibition Amendment. Records, 1920-1953. Hagley Museum & Library
referencedIn Du Pont, Eugene, 1873-1954. Papers, 1835-1956. Hagley Museum & Library
referencedIn Carpenter, Walter Samuel, 1888-1976. Business papers, 1926-1975. Hagley Museum & Library
referencedIn Eastern Dynamite Company. Repauno Works. Superintendent's files, 1889-1906. Hagley Museum & Library
referencedIn Reeves, Harold Stone. Oral history with Harold Stone Reeves, 1971 South Carolina Historical Society
referencedIn Du Pont, Pierre S. (Pierre Samuel), 1870-1954. Papers in the case of the United States versus E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company, General Motors Corporation, et al., 1909-1954. Hagley Museum & Library
referencedIn E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company. Executive Committee. Records, 1903-1991 (bulk 1950-1982). Hagley Museum & Library
referencedIn Raskob, John J. (John Jakob), 1879-1950. Papers, 1900-1956. Hagley Museum & Library
referencedIn Billikopf, Jacob, 1883-1950. Papers, 1900-1951. The Jacob Rader Marcus Center of the American Jewish Archives
referencedIn Artillery Fuse Company. Records 1908-1923. Hagley Museum & Library
referencedIn Du Pont, Francis Victor, 1894-1962. Francis Victor du Pont family papers, 1804-1961 [bulk, 1915-1960]. Hagley Museum & Library
referencedIn Draper, Irene Carpenter, 1911-1991, collector. Du Pont-Carpenter family miscellany, 1861-1982. Hagley Museum & Library
referencedIn Du Pont family miscellany, 1950-1952. Hagley Museum & Library
referencedIn Du Pont family. Correspondence concering the Royal Order of Vasa, 1938-1939. Hagley Museum & Library
referencedIn E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company. 150th anniversary miscellany, 1952-1954. Hagley Museum & Library
referencedIn Barksdale, Hamilton M. (Hamilton Macfarland), 1861-1918. Papers, 1892-1918. Hagley Museum & Library
referencedIn Christiana Securities Company. Records, 1915-77. Hagley Museum & Library
referencedIn Thompson, George E., 1910-1989. Memoirs, ca. 1954-1982. Hagley Museum & Library
referencedIn Assignat and related correspondence, 1784-1936. Hagley Museum & Library
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associatedWith American Glycerin Company. corporateBody
associatedWith American Liberty League. corporateBody
associatedWith American Sugar Refining Company. corporateBody
associatedWith Armstrong, Edward Robert. person
associatedWith Armstrong Seadrome Airways. corporateBody
associatedWith Artillery Fuse Company. corporateBody
associatedWith Association Against the Prohibition Amendment. corporateBody
associatedWith Atlas Powder Company. corporateBody
associatedWith Barksdale, Hamilton M. (Hamilton Macfarland), 1861-1918. person
associatedWith Bellanca Aircraft Corporation. corporateBody
correspondedWith Billikopf, Jacob, 1883-1950. person
associatedWith Borah, William Edgar, 1865-1940. person
associatedWith Brown, Donaldson, 1885-1965. person
associatedWith Carpenter, Walter Samuel, 1888-1976. person
associatedWith Christiana Securities Company. corporateBody
associatedWith Coli, François, 1881-1927. person
associatedWith Copeland family. family
associatedWith Cuba Cane Sugar Corporation. corporateBody
associatedWith Delaware Safety Council, Inc. corporateBody
associatedWith Draper, Irene Carpenter, 1911-1991, collector. person
associatedWith Du Pont, Alfred I. (Alfred Irénée), 1864-1935. person
associatedWith Du Pont Ammonia Corporation. corporateBody
associatedWith Du Pont, Doris E. (Doris Elise), 1909-1930. person
associatedWith Du Pont, Eugene, 1873-1954. person
associatedWith Du Pont Fabrikoid Company. corporateBody
associatedWith Du Pont family. family
associatedWith Du Pont family. family
associatedWith Du Pont, Francis Victor, 1894-1962. person
associatedWith Du Pont, Irene Sophie, 1877-1961. person
associatedWith Du Pont Motors, Inc. corporateBody
associatedWith Du Pont Nitrate Company. corporateBody
associatedWith Du Pont, Pierre S. (Pierre Samuel), 1870-1954. person
associatedWith Du Pont Rayon Company. corporateBody
associatedWith Du Pont Viscoloid Company. corporateBody
associatedWith Eastern Alcohol Corporation. corporateBody
associatedWith Eastern Dynamite Company. Repauno Works. corporateBody
associatedWith E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company. corporateBody
associatedWith E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company. Executive Committee. corporateBody
associatedWith E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company. Experimental Station. corporateBody
associatedWith E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company. High Explosives Operating Dept. corporateBody
associatedWith E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company. Hopewell Works. corporateBody
associatedWith E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company. Office of the president. corporateBody
associatedWith E.I. du Pont de Nemours Powder Company. corporateBody
associatedWith Ethyl Corporation. corporateBody
associatedWith General Motors Acceptance Corporation. corporateBody
associatedWith General Motors Corporation. corporateBody
associatedWith Gentieu, Pierre A., 1842-1930. person
associatedWith Grace Episcopal Church (Brandywine Hundred, Del.) corporateBody
associatedWith Granogue Farms, Inc. corporateBody
associatedWith Granogue (Granogue, Del. : Dwelling) corporateBody
associatedWith Hart, Merwin Kimball, 1881-1962. person
associatedWith Haskell, Harry G. (Harry Garner), 1870-1951. person
associatedWith Hercules Powder Company. corporateBody
associatedWith Laird family family
associatedWith Lawrence, David, 1888-1973. person
associatedWith Massachusetts Institute of Technology. corporateBody
associatedWith Maxim, Hudson, 1853-1927. person
associatedWith National Industrial Conference Board. corporateBody
associatedWith Natrona Alkali Company. corporateBody
associatedWith Nungesser, Charles, 1892-1927. person
associatedWith Parrish, Maxfield, 1870-1966. person
associatedWith Pew, J. Howard (John Howard), 1882-1971. person
associatedWith Raskob, John J. (John Jakob), 1879-1950. person
associatedWith Reese, Charles L. (Charles Lee), 1862-1940. person
associatedWith Reeves, Harold Stone. person
associatedWith Shouse, Jouett, 1879-1968. person
associatedWith Silvia, Mary Laird, 1938- , person
associatedWith Simons family. family
associatedWith Sloan, Alfred P. (Alfred Pritchard), 1875-1966. person
associatedWith Smith, Alfred Emanuel, 1873-1944. person
associatedWith Stayton, William H. person
associatedWith Thompson, George E., 1910-1989. person
associatedWith Tydings, Millard E. (Millard Evelyn), 1890-1961. person
associatedWith United States. corporateBody
associatedWith United States Rubber Company. corporateBody
associatedWith Wigfall family family
associatedWith Young, Owen D., 1874-1962. person
Place Name Admin Code Country
Cuba
United States
France
Delaware
Rehoboth Beach (Del.)
Subject
Acid wastes
Airports, Floating
Alcohol from corn
Alkali industry and trade
Artists, American
Americanization
Automobile driver education
Bonus system
Business and politics
Celluloid
Chemical industry
Chicken industry
Corn products industry
Corporate reorganization
Corporations
Dairy farms
Dairying Equipment and supplies
Dairy plants
Explosives industry
Fabrikoid
Factory and trade waste
Farms
Fashion
Gasoline
Gunpowder
Industrial policy
Research, Industrial
Industrial safety
Livestock
Milk trade
New Deal, 1933-1939
Nitric acid
Nitrocellulose
Nitroglycerin
Potash
Prohibition
Rayon industry and trade
Real estate development
Reconstruction (1914-1939)
Reconstruction (1939-1951)
Suggestion systems
Swine
Tetraethyllead
Textile fibers, Synthetic
TNT (Chemical)
Toluene
Townsend Plan
Traffic safety
Trust funds
Trusts and trustees
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Birth 1876-12-21

Death 1963-12-19

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