Edgar Smith Woolard Jr. (born April 15, 1934) is an
American
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businessman.BusinessWeek /ref> He was chairman and chief executive officer of
DuPont
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from 1989 to 1995.North Carolina State University biography /ref>
Early life
Edgar Woolard was born on April 15, 1934, in Washington, North Carolina. He received a Bachelor of Science degree in industrial engineering from
North Carolina State University
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In 1957, he joined DuPont as an industrial engineer in the Kinston, North Carolina plant, moving on to manufacturing and management positions in Wilmington, Delaware, Old Hickory, Tennessee and Camden, South Carolina. He was CEO and chairman from 1989 to 1995. During that time, DuPont stock increased by 160 percent.
He joined the board of directors of
Telex Communications
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in 1998, and was its chairman from March 2000 to November 2003. He has been on the board of directors of the New York Stock Exchange,
Citigroup
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, Apple Inc., IBM and Bell Atlantic. He has also been an advisor to Acorn Energy since January 2010. He is a member of the North Carolina Textile Foundation. He was chairman of
Bretton Woods Committee
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John T. Caldwell
John Tyler Caldwell (December 19, 1911 – October 13, 1995) was an American educator who presided over three universities, including North Carolina State University.
Early life
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Alumni Scholarships at NCSU. The Edgar S. Woolard Chair at the University of Delaware is named after him.