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His father intended him to have a useful education in chemistry, so Alfred was sent to Dickinson College to study under Professor Thomas Cooper. Du Pont arrived in May 1816 and entered the College as a member of the class of 1818.
Alfred I. duPont was an industrialist, scientist, musician, inventor and leading turn-of-the-century philanthropist with a legacy of service. His last will and testament established the Alfred I. duPont Charitable Trust in 1935, which provided for the formation of The Nemours Foundation.
Alfred I. Du Pont, Alexis I. Du Pont, Correspondence, 1904 - 1913. Business records document the early days of the duPont Powder Company at the turn of the century to its breakup in 1915. Included is correspondence between Alfred, his cousin,Frank Cazenove Jones, and his brother, Maurice duPont. The details of the duPont family lawsuit are ...
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.
Alfred Victor du Pont died on October 4, 1856 at his home in Delaware. The du Pont family connection with the College was remembered in 1950, when his grandson Irenee du Pont, donated 500 shares in the Christiana Securities Company to endow the Alfred Victor du Pont Chair of Chemistry.
May 11, 2014 · Here are 20 facts about Alfred I. duPont, provided by the hospital: 1. The "I" in Alfred I. duPont stands for "Irenee," meaning "peace." Alfred shares his middle name with Eleuthere...
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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...
