Reminiscences of John K. Jenney, 1975

Biographical Note

DuPont executive

Scope and Contents

Childhood in Syracuse; education, Princeton; DuPont diversification, decentralization, 1920s; research emphases, including development of synthetic rubber; duPont family, generational differences in business philosophy; formation of DuPont Foreign Relations Department; American and European chemical industry in the 1920s, related legal agreements; effects of Common Market; reorganization, International Department

Subjects

• Chemical industry.
• Chemistry--Research.
• Du Pont family.
• E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company.
• European Economic Community.
• Executives--Interviews.
• International business enterprises.
• Interviews.
• Jenney, John K.--Interviews.
• Madow, Pauline, interviewer.
• Oral histories (literary works)