Background
MacLachlan, Alexander was born on January 22, 1933 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Hugh and Catherine (Sullivan) MacLachlan.
MacLachlan, Alexander was born on January 22, 1933 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Hugh and Catherine (Sullivan) MacLachlan.
Bachelor of Science in Chemistry, Tufts University, 1954. Doctor of Philosophy in Organic Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1957.
With, E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company, Wilmington, Delaware, since 1957; marketing director, printing product director, E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company, Wilmington, Delaware, 1976-1978; director plastics department, E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company, Wilmington, Delaware, 1978-1980; director research and development division chemical and pigments division, E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company, Wilmington, Delaware, 1980-1982; assistant director central Research and Development department, E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company, Wilmington, Delaware, 1982-1983; director central Research and Development department, E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company, Wilmington, Delaware, 1983-1986; senior vice president technical, E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company, Wilmington, Delaware, 1986-1990; senior vice president Research and Development, E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company, Wilmington, Delaware, 1990-1993; deputy undersecretary technical partnerships, unites states department of Energy, Washington, since 1994.
Trustee Mount Cuba Astronomical Observatory, Wilmington, since 1986, Bartol Research Institute. Director Industrial Research Institute, 1991-1994. Board overseers Fermilab.
Member National Academy Engineering. Member American Chemical Society.
Married Elizabeth Pegues, January 25, 1958. Children: Katherine Ellen, Amy Elizabeth, Mary Emily, Alexander Hugh.
