Records, 1901-1980.

E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company. High Explosives Operating Dept.

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Harrington, Willis F. (Willis Fleming), 1882-1960

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Willis F. Harrington was born on July 24, 1882, in Farmington, Delaware. He graduated from the University of Delaware in 1902 and took a degree in chemical engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. In 1905 he went to work for the Du Pont Company in the Explosives Department and in 1924 he became general manager of the Dyestuffs Department. In 1927 he became vice president and two years later was named to the executive committee. As an advisor on chemical and development matters...

National Safety Council.

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E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company. Smokeless Powder Operating Dept.

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E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company. Service Dept.

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E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company. Personnel Division.

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E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company. Employee Relations Dept.

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The Personnel Division was created as an autonomous division in 1918 when the Executive Committee concluded that with the workforce rapidly expanding during the First World War there was a need to centralize personnel practices relating to hiring, firing, and safety. Prior to 1918 the general manager of each of the operating departments was responsible for personnel policy. R.R.M. (Ruly) Carpenter was the first head of the Personnel Division, which reported directly to t...

E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company. Black Powder Operating Dept.

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