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Alfred Irénée du Pont (May 12, 1864 – April 28, 1935) was an American industrialist, financier, philanthropist and a member of the influential Du Pont family. Alfred du Pont first rose to prominence through his work in his family's Delaware-based gunpowder manufacturing plant, E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company (now known as DuPont), in ...
- The "I" in Alfred I. duPont stands for "Irenee," meaning "peace." Alfred shares his middle name with Eleuthere Irenee, founder of the DuPont gunpowder works, for whom Alfred's father was named.
- In his lifetime, Alfred played all the family roles more commonly seen in contemporary men. He was: son, brother, father, stepfather, foster-father, godfather, uncle, single, married, divorced and widowed.
- Alfred visited an unusual health spa in Battle Creek, Michigan, run by the eccentric health guru of the time, Dr. J.H. Kellogg, of cereal fame. He was impressed enough to pay for an overweight niece to be a resident there for a few months.
- Alfred's executive assistant, Laura Walls, consistently would drew his attention to the daily correspondence from the elderly, raising his interest in their needs.
Alfred Irénée du Pont (May 12, 1864 – April 28, 1935) was an American industrialist, financier, philanthropist and a member of the influential Du Pont family.
Apr 12, 1990 · In this brilliantly written, in-depth biography, Joseph Frazier Wall ranges from Pierre Samuel du Pont de Nemours's spectacular rise in pre-Revolutionary France, to the family's migration to America and the founding of the Du Pont Company in Wilmington, to Alfred's death in 1935, charting the growth of one of America's great industrial dynasties.
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The Alfred I. duPont Testamentary Trust is a non-profit organization created by philanthropist Alfred Irénée du Pont in 1935, devoted to supporting the trust's sole charitable beneficiary, the Nemours Foundation. As of 2015, the organization stated it oversaw approximately $5 billion in assets.
In this brilliantly written, in-depth biography, Joseph Frazier Wall ranges from Pierre Samuel du Pont de Nemours's spectacular rise in pre-Revolutionary France, to the family's migration to...
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Feb 28, 2016 · A renegade industrialist, Alfred I. duPont's last wish was to protect the health of disabled children and the elderly in Delaware.
