DuPont Marks 200th Anniversary By Dedicating A Time Capsule
Leading the dedication at the historic Hagley Museum and Library here, DuPont chairman and CEO Charles O. Holliday Jr. was joined by two former CEOs — Edgar S. Woolard and John A. Krol — and 12 employees from Asia, Europe, South America, and the United States.
The employees were grand prize winners in a company-wide contest celebrating the company’s past, present, and future contributions to the world. Other special guests included retiree Joe Labovsky, who worked on Wallace Carothers’ team on the discovery of nylon; Bill Ulmer, the longest serving DuPont employee in Delaware, with 58 years; fifth-generation employees Fred and Kevin Best and Ray Conner; and the DuPont Diversity Choir.