Eugene du Pont

Eugene du Pont

male, deceased (1902)
University of Pennsylvania, Wilmington, University of Pennsylvania alumni, du pont, du Pont family, dupont
Eugene du Pont was the first head of modern day DuPont. Son of Alexis I. du Pont and grandson of Eleuthère Irénée du Pont. Eugene graduated from the...
Earl Tupper

Earl Tupper

male, deceased (1983)
World War II, central america, paint, patent, slag, marketing…dupont, DuPont Chemical Company
Earl Silas Tupper (July 28, 1907-October 5, 1983) was the inventor of Tupperware, an airtight plastic container for storing food. He was born on a...
T. Coleman du Pont

T. Coleman du Pont

male, deceased (1930)
From Louisville, Kentucky, from Wilmington, Delaware, From Delaware, Sigma Chi brother, Episcopalian, du Pont family…dupont
Thomas Coleman du Pont (December 11 1863 - November 11 1930) was an American engineer and politician, from Greenville, in New Castle County,...
Lois Juliber

Lois Juliber

female
Wellesley College, Girls, Inc., Lois D. Juliber, Wellesley College alumni, Women's World Banking, COLGATE-PALMOLIVE…dupont
Ms. Juliber joined Colgate from General Foods to become President of Colgate's Far East Division in 1988. In 1992, she was promoted to Chief...

Joseph Shivers

male
Olney Medal, inventor, dupont, spandex, Lycra, Joseph C. Shivers
Joseph C. Shivers developed Spandex in 1959 while working for DuPont. Spandex was released under the brand-name Lycra. He was awarded the...

Irving S. Shapiro

male, deceased (2001)
Jewish, Business Person, Jewish person, dupont, Lithuanian Jew, American
Irving Saul Shapiro (July 15, 1916, Minnesota - September 13, 2001) was an American businessman. He is best known for being the chairman and CEO of...

Ömer Sabancı

male, 50 years old
province Mersin, Mersin Province, tarsus, sasa, joint venture, dupont
Ömer Sabancı (1959), a member of the Turkey’s second wealthiest family in third generation, is a billionaire businessman. He is currently chai...

Arnold Johnson

male, deceased (1960)
Presbyterian, from Chicago, dupont, connie mack, Major League Baseball, National Hockey League
Arnold M. Johnson (1906 - 1960) was an American industrialist, businessman and sportsman, who purchased the storied but financially unsound...

Loren Miller

male
Indianapolis, Earhart Foundation, B. E. Hutchinson, Dole Corporation, Pierre Goodrich, Richard Earhart…dupont
Loren Miller was a civic reformer and libertarian activist in the first half of the 20th century. Perhaps Miller's most lasting contribution was...
Julius Nieuwland

Julius Nieuwland

male, deceased (1936)
Elmer Bolton, lewisite, University of Notre Dame faculty, Congregation of Holy Cross, botany, The Catholic University of America…dupont
Reverend Julius Arthur Nieuwland, CSC, Ph.D., (February 14, 1878-June 11, 1976) was a Belgian-born Holy Cross priest and professor of chemistry and...