Word: lammot
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Another person she talked with on the Greenewalt story was the late Lammot du Pont, whose great hobby was wood chopping. During this discussion Liz got a long lecture on the theory and rewards of wood chopping. "I must admit," she says, "that I was still a bit skeptical about the rewards after it was over...
...famed research wizard, never made the top policy committee. Sloan said that in 1943 he had proposed that the committee admit "Boss Ket," who invented the self-starter and helped in the development of many another product (e.g., the high-compression motor, leaded gasoline). But when Du Pont Chairman Lammot du Pont objected, Sloan felt that his reasons were valid. "We agreed," said Sloan, "that if [Ket] came on the committee, he would be telling us about all the wonderful things that were in the future, and we wouldn't have time to attend to . . . business...
...Lammot du Pont wrote his brother Pierre listing as "O.K." those G.M. units which were buying 100% of their paint, Fabrikoid (artificial leather) and Pyralin (plastic windows for side curtains) from Du Pont. Those who were not buying 100% were either classified under "good reason" or "no reason." Lammot added that Du Font's sales department "wouldn't mind seeing things going a little faster...
...Vice President Pratt had also suggested that General of the Army George C. Marshall should be elected to G.M.'s board on his retirement. G.M.'s Chairman Alfred P. Sloan passed the idea on to Du Font's Chairman Lammot du Pont saying that Marshall (then 65) was probably too old but that he "might do us some good." Lammot du Pont rejected the idea: "My reasons for not favoring [Marshall's] membership on the board are: first, his age; second, his lack of stockholdings; and third, his lack of experience in industrial business affairs...
Among the eight candidates for Alumni Association director are J. Brooks Atkinson '17, New York Times drama critic, and Lammot duPont Copeland '27, Director and Secretary of the E. I. du Pont de Nemours...