Lammot du Pont Copeland (May 19, 1905 – July 1, 1983) was an American businessman.

Early life

Copeland was the great-great-grandson of

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's founder, Eleuthère Irénée du Pont, and he served as the company's 11th president from 1962 to 1967. His parents were Charles Copeland (March 30, 1867 in

Englewood, New Jersey Englewood is a city in Bergen County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey, which at the 2020 United States census had a population of 29,308. Englewood was incorporated as a city by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on March 17, 1899, from por ...

– February 3, 1944) and Louisa d'Andelot du Pont (January 25, 1868 in

New Castle County, Delaware New Castle County is the northernmost of the three counties of the U.S. state of Delaware (New Castle, Kent, and Sussex). As of the 2020 census, the population was 570,719, making it the most populous county in Delaware, with nearly 60% of the ...

– August 10, 1926), who were married on February 16, 1904, at St. Amour in

Wilmington, Delaware Wilmington ( Lenape: ''Paxahakink /'' ''Pakehakink)'' is the largest city in the U.S. state of Delaware. The city was built on the site of Fort Christina, the first Swedish settlement in North America. It lies at the confluence of the Christina ...

Career

He appeared on the cover of

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magazine on November 27, 1964. In 1962, Copeland established the Andelot Fellowships at the

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. Together with Hugh Moore and

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, Copeland founded the Population Crisis Committee in 1965 (now "Population Action International") as a lobbying organization for government involvement in

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. Copeland was elected to the

American Philosophical Society The American Philosophical Society (APS), founded in 1743 in Philadelphia, is a scholarly organization that promotes knowledge in the sciences and humanities through research, professional meetings, publications, library resources, and communit ...

in 1978. Copeland also had his portrait painted by artist

Salvador Dalí Salvador Domingo Felipe Jacinto Dalí i Domènech, Marquess of Dalí of Púbol (; ; ; 11 May 190423 January 1989) was a Spanish Surrealism, surrealist artist renowned for his technical skill, precise draftsmanship, and the striking and bizarr ...

Personal life

He married Pamela Cunnigham (May 5, 1906 – January 25, 2001) on February 1, 1930, at

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. 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 (January 31, 1961 - May 31, 2020).

References

External links

DuPont Heritage: Lammot du Pont CopelandPamela C. and Lammot du Pont Copeland family photographs
(1810–1994) at

Hagley Museum and Library The Hagley Museum and Library is a nonprofit educational institution in unincorporated New Castle County, Delaware, near Wilmington. Covering more than along the banks of the Brandywine Creek, the museum and grounds include the first du Pont ...

Copeland family papers
at

1905 births 1983 deaths 20th-century American businesspeople Du Pont family People from New Castle County, Delaware {{US-business-bio-1900s-stub Members of the American Philosophical Society Harvard College alumni