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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 which for many years he served as a director of ...
- 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.
Legacy. “It is the duty of everyone in the world to do what is within his power to alleviate human suffering. We exist to honor and deliver on the will of Alfred I. duPont, a leading turn-of-the-century philanthropist with a legacy of service. His vision and compassion have improved the health and lives of hundreds of thousands of children.
An embarrassed Edwards was left to explain the change to the newspapermen. During his early days in Florida, Alfred watched his paper wealth grow as the national and Florida economies skyrocketed. Stock splits had given him 582,000 shares of Du Pont stock. which was valued at $200 per share.
Pierre Samuel du Pont was born in Wilmington, Delaware, on January 15, 1870. He was one of Lammot du Pont and Mary Belin's eleven children. His father, who had broken away from the family business of producing gunpowder for use in ammunition, was an important figure in the early production of dynamite. Pierre du Pont was fourteen years old when ...
Alfred Victor du Pont (1798-1856) Alfred du Pont was born on April 11, 1798 in France to Eleuthere and Sophie Dalmas du Pont. His father's career during the French Revolution as both moderate politician and printer fell into disfavor as the Revolution became increasingly radical. The du Pont family fled to the United States, arriving on January ...
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If Alfred I. du Pont was born to "the purple and ermine" of an American industrial dynasty, his life was far from peaceful, pampered, indolent. Beginning at the bottom as little more than a teamster and handyman, within fifteen years young du Pont was widely recognized as "the best black powderman in the nation" and the mechanical genius of the du Pont family.
