Background
Pont, Pierre Samuel Du was born on January 15, 1870 in Wilmington, Delaware, United States. Son of Lammot and Mary (Belin) du Pont.
Pont, Pierre Samuel Du was born on January 15, 1870 in Wilmington, Delaware, United States. Son of Lammot and Mary (Belin) du Pont.
Preparatory education Pennsylvania Charter School, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts Institute Technology, class of 1890.
President Éleuthère Irénée du Pont de Nemours & Company, 1915-1919, Chairman of the Board, 1919-1940, honorary chairman since 1940. Helped organize General Manufacturers Corporation, president 1920-1923, Chairman board 1923-1929. Appointed liquor commissioner of Delaware, 1933, for term 1933-1938.
Tax commissioner, Delaware, 1925-1937, and May 1944-October 1949.
Member State Board of Education, Delaware, 1919-1921. Member Corporation Massachusetts Institute Technology, American Philosophical Society, Phi Kappa Sigma. Clubs: Wilmington, City (Wilmington).
Married Alice Belin, October 6, 1915.