Lammot du Pont Copeland


Lammot du Pont Copeland was an American businessman.

Early life

Copeland was the great-great-grandson of DuPont's founder, Eleuthère Irénée du Pont, and he served as the company's 11th president from 1962 to 1967. His parents were Charles Copeland and Louisa d'Andelot du Pont, who were married on February 16, 1904, at St. Amour in Wilmington, Delaware.

Career

He appeared on the cover of TIME magazine on November 27, 1964.
In 1962, Copeland established the Andelot Fellowships at the University of Delaware. Together with Hugh Moore and William Henry Draper Jr., Copeland founded the Population Crisis Committee in 1965 as a lobbying organization for government involvement in population control.
Copeland was elected to the American Philosophical Society in 1978.
Copeland also had his portrait painted by artist Salvador Dalí.

Personal life

He married Pamela Cunnigham on February 1, 1930, at Litchfield, Connecticut. She was the daughter of Mr. & Mrs. Seymour Cunningham of Litchfield. The Copelands had three children: Bouchaine Vineyards winery owner Gerret van Sweringen Copeland, Hollywood Citizen News and San Fernando Valley Valley Times owner Lammot du Pont Copeland Jr., and daughter Louisa du Pont Copeland, who married James Biddle. Grandchildren: Lammot duPont Copeland, III.