In 1902 Pierre, Alfred, and T. Coleman du Pont bought Dupont. The three cousins turned the already successful company into an industrial super power. The cousins all became successful entrepreneurs and eventually all three partners chose to travel separate paths. Each path traveled changed Delaware for the better.

Alfred I du Pont was the major planner in the acquisition of DuPont in 1902. Alfred sought after T. Coleman and Pierre S to collaborate in the purchase of the company. When the cousins bought the company Alfred became the Vice Pres

When Pierre du Pont began his reformation of the school system Delaware was ranked 38th out of the 48 states and 20 % of all Delawareans were illiterate. In only 12 years Pierre du Pont improved Delaware’s ranking to 10th best public school system, out of the 48 states. From 1920 to 1935 Pierre spent $6,000,000 of his own money on public education reformation. These improvements impacted every resident of Delaware.

His two main areas of concern were the elderly and the handicapped . Alfred du Pont was aware that many elderly Delawareans were poverty stricken. To combat this he consulted congress unfortunately he was unsuccessful in doing so. Alfred’s philanthropy is illustrated by William Williams quote in “A century of Life Downstate”, “Alfred found that old people were without money in Delaware in the late 1920’s. Alfred tried to convince the state government to vote for some funds. Unfortunately, they wouldn’t listen. Finally he put his own money into a social security system until the federal government kicked in with the social security act of 1935.” Alfred also made many contributions to the handicapped, one of his many contributions to the handicapped was a children’s hospital, which today is one of the leading children’s hospitals in the United States. Even though Alfred has died contributions are still made, in his memory, to benefit the state of Delaware.

When Pierre S. du Pont entered into the business with his two cousins he excelled and he eventually became the president of DuPont. In 1919 Pierre began his quest to reform Delaware’s schools because, “He believed that education, or lack their of, was the key to most social problems.” A major problem facing Delaware was the poor constructed, maintained, or just non-existent schools.

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