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

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

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

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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 William Henry Draper Jr., 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

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in 1978. Copeland also had his portrait painted by artist

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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,

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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

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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