Oral history interview with Jeffrey M. Lipton 2009 August 4 & 12

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Oral history interview with Jeffrey M. Lipton 2009 August 4 & 12

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Jeffrey M. Lipton was born and raised in Bronx, New York, the son of a Polish immigrant. He attended Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, after which he began a career at DuPont; while working at DuPont he received his MBA from Harvard Business School. Lipton's success at DuPont was recognized quickly, so the company called upon him to undertake various projects and roles; at age twenty-nine Lipton was named business manager and head of marketing of color pigments. He then became, over time, director of the development division, head of the photo products division, COO of New England Nuclear (a DuPont acquisition), vice president of the polymers division, and vice president of the planning division, where, in the search for methods of cost reduction, he developed and utilized cash flow cycle time to analyze the company. He then moved to Nova Chemicals Corporation, which he joined as a CFO.

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Chemical Heritage Foundation, Othmer Library of Chemical History

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Chemical Heritage Foundation, Othmer Library of Chemical History

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Born in Bronx, New York on 5 July 1942. Education: B.S., Chemical engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (1963), M.B.A., Harvard (1965). Employment: 1965-1993 E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company, 1994-2009 Nova Corporation. From the description of Oral history interview with Jeffrey M. Lipton 2009 August 4 & 12 (Chemical Heritage Foundation). WorldCat record id: 743095426 ...