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- Interview with John Montgomery, 2010 July 7
- Date(s)
- 2010-07-07
- Contributor(s)
- Montgomery, John W., Jr., 1932- (interviewee), Plasky, Joseph G. (interviewer)
- Description
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Interview primarily relates to Montgomery's role in the DuPont Co.'s Dacron business.
- Collection ID
- Oral history interviews with former employees of DuPont Company's Textile Fibers Department (Accession 2010.215)
- Hagley ID
- 2010215_20100727_Montgomery
- Collection
- Oral history interviews with former employees of DuPont Company's Textile Fibers Department
- Title
- Interview with John Ahn, 2010 March 8
- Date(s)
- 2010-03-08
- Contributor(s)
- Ahn, John (interviewee), Plasky, Joseph G. (interviewer)
- Description
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Interview primarily relates to Ahn's role in the DuPont Company Dacron process.
- Collection ID
- Oral history interviews with former employees of DuPont Company's Textile Fibers Department (Accession 2010.215)
- Hagley ID
- 2010215_20100308_Ahn
- Collection
- Oral history interviews with former employees of DuPont Company's Textile Fibers Department
- Title
- Interview with Cliff Nix, 2010 March 5
- Date(s)
- 2010-03-05
- Contributor(s)
- Nix, Cliff (interviewee), Plasky, Joseph G. (interviewer)
- Description
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Interview primarily relates to Nix's role in management at DuPont Co.
- Collection ID
- Oral history interviews with former employees of DuPont Company's Textile Fibers Department (Accession 2010.215)
- Hagley ID
- 2010215_20100315_Nix
- Collection
- Oral history interviews with former employees of DuPont Company's Textile Fibers Department
- Title
- Interview with Roger Dawson, 2010 March 5
- Date(s)
- 2010-03-05
- Contributor(s)
- Dawson, Roger, 1932-2011 (interviewee), Plasky, Joseph G. (interviewer)
- Description
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Interview primarily relates to Dawson's role in the DuPont Company's Dacron yarn business.
- Collection ID
- Oral history interviews with former employees of DuPont Company's Textile Fibers Department (Accession 2010.215)
- Hagley ID
- 2010215_20100315_Dawson
- Collection
- Oral history interviews with former employees of DuPont Company's Textile Fibers Department
- Title
- Interview with John Gregory, 2010 January 2
- Date(s)
- 2010-01-02
- Contributor(s)
- Gregory, John (interviewee), Plasky, Joseph G. (interviewer)
- Description
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Interview primarily relates to Gregory's role in the DuPont Co.'s Dacron business.
- Collection ID
- Oral history interviews with former employees of DuPont Company's Textile Fibers Department (Accession 2010.215)
- Hagley ID
- 2010215_20100122_Gregory
- Collection
- Oral history interviews with former employees of DuPont Company's Textile Fibers Department
- Title
- Interview with C.E. "Skip" Oxford, 2010 April 5
- Date(s)
- 2010-04-05
- Contributor(s)
- Oxford, C. E. (Clarence Edward) 'Skip', Jr., 1936-2017 (interviewee), Plasky, Joseph G. (interviewer)
- Description
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Interview primarily relates to Oxford's role in the DuPont Co.'s Dacron business.
- Collection ID
- Oral history interviews with former employees of DuPont Company's Textile Fibers Department (Accession 2010.215)
- Hagley ID
- 2010215_20100415_Oxford
- Collection
- Oral history interviews with former employees of DuPont Company's Textile Fibers Department
- Title
- Interview with Bob Pryun, 2010 March 3
- Date(s)
- 2010-03-03
- Contributor(s)
- Pryun, Robert (interviewee), Plasky, Joseph G. (interviewer)
- Description
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Interview primarily relates to Pryun's role in marketing at DuPont Co.
- Collection ID
- Oral history interviews with former employees of DuPont Company's Textile Fibers Department (Accession 2010.215)
- Hagley ID
- 2010215_20100323_Pryun
- Collection
- Oral history interviews with former employees of DuPont Company's Textile Fibers Department
- Title
- Interview with Dolores Williams Kelly, 2018 June 22
- Date(s)
- 2018-06-22
- Contributor(s)
- Kelly, Dolores Williams (interviewee), Plasky, Joseph G. (interviewer)
- Description
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In her interview, Dolores Kelly describes her career in various roles at the DuPont Kinston plant.
- Collection ID
- Oral history interviews with former employees of DuPont Company's Textile Fibers Department (Accession 2010.215)
- Hagley ID
- 2010215_20180622_Kelly_Dolores
- Collection
- Oral history interviews with former employees of DuPont Company's Textile Fibers Department
- Title
- Interview with Carol Gee, 2018 June 11
- Date(s)
- 2018-06-11
- Contributor(s)
- Gee, Carol (interviewee), Plasky, Joseph G. (interviewer)
- Description
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During her interview, Carol Gee discusses ingredient marketing with references to Nylon, Lycra, and Teflon. She particularly details her view on the positive and negative uses of end user advertising. She also discusses her opinion that DuPont did not receive enough value from the large advertising firms with which they contracted. She later comments on the personnel shift that occurred in 1993 in regards to marketing and communication staff. Gee also discusses several marketing efforts she...
Show moreDuring her interview, Carol Gee discusses ingredient marketing with references to Nylon, Lycra, and Teflon. She particularly details her view on the positive and negative uses of end user advertising. She also discusses her opinion that DuPont did not receive enough value from the large advertising firms with which they contracted. She later comments on the personnel shift that occurred in 1993 in regards to marketing and communication staff. Gee also discusses several marketing efforts she was involved in, providing insights into Textile Fibers' approaches to marketing.
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- Oral history interviews with former employees of DuPont Company's Textile Fibers Department (Accession 2010.215)
- Hagley ID
- 2010215_20180611_Gee
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- Oral history interviews with former employees of DuPont Company's Textile Fibers Department
- Title
- Interview with Linda Kearns, 2018 June 28
- Date(s)
- 2018-06-28
- Contributor(s)
- Kearns, Linda W. (interviewee), Plasky, Joseph G. (interviewer)
- Description
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In her interview, Linda Kearns focuses on her role with Lycra marketing with DuPont, providing insight into the brand's development and market research.
- Collection ID
- Oral history interviews with former employees of DuPont Company's Textile Fibers Department (Accession 2010.215)
- Hagley ID
- 2010215_20180628_Kearns
- Collection
- Oral history interviews with former employees of DuPont Company's Textile Fibers Department
- Title
- Interview with Jim Flynn, 2017 April 4 and 2017 April 17
- Date(s)
- 2017-04-04, 2017-04-17
- Contributor(s)
- Flynn, Jim (interviewee), Plasky, Joseph G. (interviewer)
- Description
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Flynn spends a significant portion of the interview discussing his role in the construction of a DuPont Poly Acryl plant in Iran. He recalls the difficulties faced during the process in detail, commenting on the complicated politics involved with the project and providing insight into the Textile Fibers Department's efforts at global expansion. Flynn also relates some details about the major change in the DuPont Engineering Construction Division from union shop to nonunion. The incident at...
Show moreFlynn spends a significant portion of the interview discussing his role in the construction of a DuPont Poly Acryl plant in Iran. He recalls the difficulties faced during the process in detail, commenting on the complicated politics involved with the project and providing insight into the Textile Fibers Department's efforts at global expansion. Flynn also relates some details about the major change in the DuPont Engineering Construction Division from union shop to nonunion. The incident at the Cape Fear River is discussed and is a significant turning point in the move to nonunion. He also provides insight on the Engineering Department's shift from a "functional organization" to one more supportive of the businesses as prescribed by DuPont Co. management.
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- Oral history interviews with former employees of DuPont Company's Textile Fibers Department (Accession 2010.215)
- Hagley ID
- 2010215_20170404_Flynn
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- Oral history interviews with former employees of DuPont Company's Textile Fibers Department
- Title
- Interview with Judy Hall, 2017 April 10 and 2017 April 11
- Date(s)
- 2017-04-10
- Contributor(s)
- Hall, Judy (interviewee), Plasky, Joseph G. (interviewer)
- Description
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Judy Hall discusses her career at the Martinsville plant, providing insight into the experience of women in the textile fibers industry. Hall's first job was filling customer orders. She explains this in detail and the fact that it was an all-woman job. She left this job to enter a clerical position, which were also all staffed with women. Her explanation of the jobs and the things that happened bring focus into women's position and life in industry. Her description of the "Rigid" calendars...
Show moreJudy Hall discusses her career at the Martinsville plant, providing insight into the experience of women in the textile fibers industry. Hall's first job was filling customer orders. She explains this in detail and the fact that it was an all-woman job. She left this job to enter a clerical position, which were also all staffed with women. Her explanation of the jobs and the things that happened bring focus into women's position and life in industry. Her description of the "Rigid" calendars she was exposed to in one area highlights the culture of the time. Hall moved through many different assignments and describes the areas she worked for in the clerical positions. She also describes accepting a transfer to Chattanooga as the Martinsville Plant was shutting down. A full transfer for nonexempt personnel was a new thrust by DuPont and a major change for Hall, who had spent her whole life in the Martinsville area. She also mentions her post-DuPont work for Invista.
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- Oral history interviews with former employees of DuPont Company's Textile Fibers Department (Accession 2010.215)
- Hagley ID
- 2010215_20170410_Hall_Judy
- Collection
- Oral history interviews with former employees of DuPont Company's Textile Fibers Department
- Title
- Interview with Wayne Clark, 2017 May 02
- Date(s)
- 2017-05-02
- Contributor(s)
- Clark, Wayne (interviewee), Plasky, Joseph G. (interviewer)
- Description
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In his interview, Clark describes his career at the DuPont Co. Martinsville, Virginia, works. Clark describes knowing what he wanted to do and preparing himself to progress. He discusses the quirks available within the plant progression system such a "buying" a shift and being "frozen" in his job and going through spinning on paper. He describes progressing to a group 6 pipefitter, a prestigious position, by studying and applying himself. He was promoted to first line supervisor in operations...
Show moreIn his interview, Clark describes his career at the DuPont Co. Martinsville, Virginia, works. Clark describes knowing what he wanted to do and preparing himself to progress. He discusses the quirks available within the plant progression system such a "buying" a shift and being "frozen" in his job and going through spinning on paper. He describes progressing to a group 6 pipefitter, a prestigious position, by studying and applying himself. He was promoted to first line supervisor in operations at first. He supervised one half of the beaming area, which was all women and proved to be a unique experience for him. Later he move through a number of exempt jobs with one period as a shift supervisor in the Power House. The Power House was responsible for supplying services to the operations and Clark notes importance of this job. He indicates he was not comfortable with the assignment and moved out after a period of time, a move that was not unusual at the time.
Clark was recognized as a people person and assigned to Engineering as a resource person. Clark discusses from his viewpoint the impact the Martinsville local union had on the plant shut down decision, a viewpoint which is widely held by others familiar with the circumstances. Clark held a wide variety of assignments and mentions the people he worked for and with during his career; this description serves as a makeshift organization chart of the plant.
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- Oral history interviews with former employees of DuPont Company's Textile Fibers Department (Accession 2010.215)
- Hagley ID
- 2010215_20170502_Clark_Wayne
- Collection
- Oral history interviews with former employees of DuPont Company's Textile Fibers Department
- Title
- Interview with Mary Vane, 2018 June 7
- Date(s)
- 2018-06-07
- Contributor(s)
- Vane, Mary K. (interviewee), Plasky, Joseph G. (interviewer)
- Description
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In her interview, Mary Vane discusses her career in marketing, management, and trade relations at DuPont. She provides insight into DuPont's approach to marketing in the 1970s and 1980s, distinguishing between end-use research and market research.
Addressing her career chronologically, she describes her role as a marketing representative in Mew York in DuPont's expansion with Lycra into women's swimwear and activewear. She then details the challenges she faced after moving into a management...
Show moreIn her interview, Mary Vane discusses her career in marketing, management, and trade relations at DuPont. She provides insight into DuPont's approach to marketing in the 1970s and 1980s, distinguishing between end-use research and market research.
Addressing her career chronologically, she describes her role as a marketing representative in Mew York in DuPont's expansion with Lycra into women's swimwear and activewear. She then details the challenges she faced after moving into a management positions in 1980 at a time when Nylon was being oversold.
She then discusses her move to Wilmington in 1981, first as a Business Strategist for Lycra and later as Marketing Manager for the intimate apparel, swimwear, and activewear business. She gives insight in DuPont's involvement in the fashion industry at this time, detailing how DuPont had to maintain a presence at the major New York fashion shows in order to stay relevant in the business.
Vane then discusses the business strategies involved in her next position as Business Manager for nylon, Lycra, and the polyester warp knit business. She follows this by detailing the mergers and acquisitions she was involved in as Business Planning Manager and Global Sourcing Manager for industrial fibers.
Vane then details her 1997 assignment as Director of International Trade and Business Development, where her focus was to shape U.S. government trade policy to help our businesses proactively make better business decisions. She discusses NAFTA and other efforts underway and her wide depth of experience in the international trade arena.
Vane also spends a portion of the interview discussing DuPont's implementation of a sexual harassment policy around 1990s and her role as a course instructor for Textile Fibers employees.
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- Oral history interviews with former employees of DuPont Company's Textile Fibers Department (Accession 2010.215)
- Hagley ID
- 2010215_20180607_Vane
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- Oral history interviews with former employees of DuPont Company's Textile Fibers Department
- Title
- Interview with Bill Forehand, 2007 December 10
- Date(s)
- 2007-12-10
- Contributor(s)
- Forehand, Bill, 1930- (interviewee), Plasky, Joseph G. (interviewer)
- Description
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Forehand's interview details time spent developing wind-ups as well as the segregated atmosphere between men and women and different races in the DuPont Company in the 1950s. He also details his experiences in manufacturing and changes in the yarn industry. He discusses time abroad working in Germany and his family's adjustment to the new situation. Forehand's time in Germany was very meaningful, and DuPont invited all of the families back for a 25-year anniversary after they had worked there...
Show moreForehand's interview details time spent developing wind-ups as well as the segregated atmosphere between men and women and different races in the DuPont Company in the 1950s. He also details his experiences in manufacturing and changes in the yarn industry. He discusses time abroad working in Germany and his family's adjustment to the new situation. Forehand's time in Germany was very meaningful, and DuPont invited all of the families back for a 25-year anniversary after they had worked there. He returned to manufacturing yarn at Cape Fear, ultimately moving to process engineering. He also discusses the change in the nature of supervising throughout the history of the company - from hands-on awareness of both home and work situations to a more generic hands-off approach beginning in the mid-1960s. Moreover, he discusses the impact of technology on company processes.
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- Oral history interviews with former employees of DuPont Company's Textile Fibers Department (Accession 2010.215)
- Hagley ID
- 2010215_20071210_Forehand
- Collection
- Oral history interviews with former employees of DuPont Company's Textile Fibers Department
- Title
- Interview with Robert McNutt, 2020 October 19
- Date(s)
- 2020-10-19
- Contributor(s)
- McNutt, Robert, 1945- (interviewee), Plasky, Joseph G. (interviewer)
- Description
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Interviewer Joe Plasky asks the interviewee to describe their early life, education, and career history.
- Collection ID
- Oral history interviews with former employees of DuPont Company's Textile Fibers Department (Accession 2010.215)
- Hagley ID
- 2010215_20201019_McNutt
- Collection
- Oral history interviews with former employees of DuPont Company's Textile Fibers Department
- Title
- Interview with Mark Delaplane, 2020 May 12
- Date(s)
- 2020-05-12
- Contributor(s)
- Delaplane, Mark, 1962- (interviewee), Plasky, Joseph G. (interviewer)
- Description
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Interviewer Joe Plasky asks the interviewee to describe their early life, education, and career history.
- Collection ID
- Oral history interviews with former employees of DuPont Company's Textile Fibers Department (Accession 2010.215)
- Hagley ID
- 2010215_20200512_Delaplane
- Collection
- Oral history interviews with former employees of DuPont Company's Textile Fibers Department
- Title
- Interview with Ed Henry, 2020 November 10
- Date(s)
- 2020-11-10
- Contributor(s)
- Henry, Edward, 1942- (interviewee), Plasky, Joseph G. (interviewer)
- Description
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In his interview, Ed Henry discusses his career in various roles at the DuPont Seaford site. He discusses his education at Morgan State University and Johns Hopkins University. He also describes his experience with the "Black Employee Network," an effort sponsored by DuPont senior management as part of an effort to increase diversity within the company.
- Collection ID
- Oral history interviews with former employees of DuPont Company's Textile Fibers Department (Accession 2010.215)
- Hagley ID
- 2010215_20201110_Henry
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- Oral history interviews with former employees of DuPont Company's Textile Fibers Department
- Title
- Interview with Caryl Huffaker, 2020 April 20
- Date(s)
- 2020-04-20
- Contributor(s)
- Huffaker, Caryl Entwistle (interviewee), Plasky, Joseph G. (interviewer)
- Description
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Interviewer Joe Plasky asks the interviewee to describe their early life, education, and career history. During her interview, Caryl Huffaker details the targeting marketing efforts in DuPont’s Product Information to promote relatively new products. She describes the marketing tools the company employed to reach female consumers during the 1950s. She details the product show in Atlantic City and the traveling shows with which she was involved.
- Collection ID
- Oral history interviews with former employees of DuPont Company's Textile Fibers Department (Accession 2010.215)
- Hagley ID
- 2010215_20200420_Huffaker
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- Oral history interviews with former employees of DuPont Company's Textile Fibers Department
- Title
- Interview with Lee Kaser, 2020 May 26
- Date(s)
- 2020-05-26
- Contributor(s)
- Kaser, Lee, 1937- (interviewee), Plasky, Joseph G. (interviewer)
- Description
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Interviewer Joe Plasky asks the interviewee to describe their early life, education, and career history. During his interview, Lee Kaser extensively discusses both the business and technical aspects of the Nomex paper business, noting that the product had a worldwide monopoly for a time.
- Collection ID
- Oral history interviews with former employees of DuPont Company's Textile Fibers Department (Accession 2010.215)
- Hagley ID
- 2010215_20200526_Kaser
- Collection
- Oral history interviews with former employees of DuPont Company's Textile Fibers Department
- Title
- Interview with Tim Wilson, 2020 February 26
- Date(s)
- 2020-02-26
- Contributor(s)
- Wilson, Timothy (interviewee), Plasky, Joseph G. (interviewer)
- Description
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Interviewer Joe Plasky asks the interviewee to describe their early life, education, and career history. During his interview, Tim Wilson emphasizes his efforts to control his own career trajectory at DuPont. He also comments on the Gemini effort to redesign the nylon business. Gemini was an external consulting group, and the attempt brought mixed results.
- Collection ID
- Oral history interviews with former employees of DuPont Company's Textile Fibers Department (Accession 2010.215)
- Hagley ID
- 2010215_20200226_Wilson
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- Oral history interviews with former employees of DuPont Company's Textile Fibers Department
- Title
- Interview with David Blake, 2020 November 16
- Date(s)
- 2020-11-16
- Contributor(s)
- Blake, David (interviewee), Plasky, Joseph G. (interviewer)
- Description
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In his interview, David Blake primarily discusses his career in various marketing roles with DuPont. He discusses the marketing efforts for Lycra’s introduction to the intimate apparel industry and describes a show he held in Palm Springs as part of these efforts. He also describes the various considerations that are involved with product pricing, particularly mentioning the decision to increase the price of Tyvek.
- Collection ID
- Oral history interviews with former employees of DuPont Company's Textile Fibers Department (Accession 2010.215)
- Hagley ID
- 2010215_20201116_Blake
- Collection
- Oral history interviews with former employees of DuPont Company's Textile Fibers Department
- Title
- Interview with Bill Tuohey, 2020 October 19
- Date(s)
- 2020-10-19
- Contributor(s)
- Tuohey, William, 1933- (interviewee), Plasky, Joseph G. (interviewer)
- Description
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In his interview, Bill Tuohey provides a marketing perspective on how permanent press fabrics overtook the cotton market. He provides insight into the DuPont marketing organization and the operations in the New York area. He details the marketing operations within the Empire State Building as the hub of the company’s marketing efforts, which included a "fabric room, color card, teletype room and etc." He details the launch of Qiana and provides information on intimate apparel marketing...
Show moreIn his interview, Bill Tuohey provides a marketing perspective on how permanent press fabrics overtook the cotton market. He provides insight into the DuPont marketing organization and the operations in the New York area. He details the marketing operations within the Empire State Building as the hub of the company’s marketing efforts, which included a "fabric room, color card, teletype room and etc." He details the launch of Qiana and provides information on intimate apparel marketing efforts. He also describes how his group served as a training stop for employees with potential in the organization.
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- Oral history interviews with former employees of DuPont Company's Textile Fibers Department (Accession 2010.215)
- Hagley ID
- 2010215_20201019_Tuohey
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- Oral history interviews with former employees of DuPont Company's Textile Fibers Department
- Title
- Interview with Louis Miner, 2020 November 2
- Date(s)
- 2020-11-02
- Contributor(s)
- Miner, Louis Henry (interviewee), Plasky, Joseph G. (interviewer)
- Description
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In his interview, Louis (Lou) describes his career with DuPont, particularly his experience in the Kevlar special products business as an engineer. He goes into detail about his work on Kevlar ballistic protective garments.
- Collection ID
- Oral history interviews with former employees of DuPont Company's Textile Fibers Department (Accession 2010.215)
- Hagley ID
- 2010215_20201102_Miner
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- Oral history interviews with former employees of DuPont Company's Textile Fibers Department
- Title
- Interview with Ken Takvorian, 2020 March 16
- Date(s)
- 2020-03-16
- Contributor(s)
- Takvorian, Ken, 1944?- (interviewee), Plasky, Joseph G. (interviewer)
- Description
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Interviewer Joe Plasky asks the interviewee to describe their early life, education, and career history. During his interview, Ken Takvorian describes his work in nylon end use research, relating details about multiple technical fabrics, including Qiana, and their development. He comments on the business objectives surrounding this work, particularly surrounding the resources required to sustain Qiana development efforts. He also details his successful efforts to turn around the industrial...
Show moreInterviewer Joe Plasky asks the interviewee to describe their early life, education, and career history. During his interview, Ken Takvorian describes his work in nylon end use research, relating details about multiple technical fabrics, including Qiana, and their development. He comments on the business objectives surrounding this work, particularly surrounding the resources required to sustain Qiana development efforts. He also details his successful efforts to turn around the industrial nylon and Cordura businesses. He relates his work with the Seaman Corporation. He details the failed efforts to develop "Next Generation Industrial Yarn" (NGI). He also relates the development of industrial nylon staple.
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- Oral history interviews with former employees of DuPont Company's Textile Fibers Department (Accession 2010.215)
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- 2010215_20200316_Takvorian
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- Oral history interviews with former employees of DuPont Company's Textile Fibers Department