Oral history interview with Edgar S. Woolard Jr., 1999 June 10

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Oral history interview with Edgar S. Woolard Jr., 1999 June 10

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Edgar Woolard begins the interview with a description of his family and childhood years in Washington, North Carolina. Woolard's parents encouraged him to excel in both academic and social environments. As a high-school student, Woolard held an interest in mathematics. After graduation, Woolard enrolled in North Carolina State University as a nuclear engineering major. Woolard enjoyed college life and was involved in several extra-curricular activities, including serving as house manager for his fraternity. In his junior year, he switched his major to industrial engineering and received his B.S. in this field in 1956. He was offered a job at DuPont in industrial engineering. Woolard entered DuPonts Planning Division in 1976, where he oversaw many breakthroughs in DuPont polymers, especially Dacron production. In 1983 Woolard was given responsibility for three departments Agricultural Chemicals Division, Medical Division and Photo Products Division. Woolard became CEO in 1987 and worked to both streamline and evenly downsize DuPont for the good of the company. For his earnest reorganization of DuPont Woolard received the Chemical Industry Medal in 1998.

Sound files ; digital, mp3 fileTranscript : (39 leaves) ; 29 cm.

Chemical Heritage Foundation, Othmer Library of Chemical History

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Chemical Heritage Foundation, Othmer Library of Chemical History

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