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Irénée du Pont letter to Crawford Greenewalt, 1922

Permanent ID:
11769
Date:
June 16 1922
Image Description:
Letter from Irénée du Pont, president of DuPont Company, to Crawford Greenewalt, suggesting that he apply for a job at DuPont's Harrison plant in Philadelphia. Mary Hallock Greenewalt, Crawford's mother, had written to du Pont asking if he had any leads on positions for Crawford, a recent graduate of Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The Greenewalt family was already intimately connected with the du Ponts; Mary's sister, Ethel, was married to William du Pont.

Crawford would later go on to become a leading chemical engineer at DuPont, pioneering their nylon and atomic energy programs, and eventaully serve as president of the company from 1948 to 1962.
Address:
Wilmington
1434 Master Street, Philadelphia
Format:
Correspondence
Dimensions:
Width: 21.5 cm, Height: 27.5 cm (image)
Collection:
Mary Elizabeth Hallock Greenewalt papers
Related People or Organizations:
Greenewalt, Crawford H. (correspondent)
du Pont, Irénée (author)