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Title: Interview with Jude Foxall, 2008 September 24
Date(s): 2008-09-24
Contributor(s): Foxall, Jude (interviewee), Plasky, Joseph G. (interviewer)
Description: Interview primarily relates to Foxall's role in the DuPont Co.'s Nylon business.
Collection ID: Oral history interviews with former employees of DuPont Company's Textile Fibers Department (Accession 2010.215)
Hagley ID: 2010215_20080924_Foxall
Collection: Oral history interviews with former employees of DuPont Company's Textile Fibers Department

Title: Interview with Leland "Jay" Dawson, 2016 April 7
Date(s): 2016-04-07
Contributor(s): Dawson, Leland (interviewee), Plasky, Joseph G. (interviewer)
Description: In his interview, Leland Dawson speaks on the role of Industrial Engineering (IE) groups at DuPont Co. during the 1960s. In additions to overseeing manufacturing budgets and cost work, these groups were a key factor in final output decisions. Dawson also explains the significant planning function of the IE groups. Addressing his time with the Transportation and Distribution Department (T&D), Dawson describes the role of Staff Departments at DuPont during the period. T&D provided...
Show moreIn his interview, Leland Dawson speaks on the role of Industrial Engineering (IE) groups at DuPont Co. during the 1960s. In additions to overseeing manufacturing budgets and cost work, these groups were a key factor in final output decisions. Dawson also explains the significant planning function of the IE groups. Addressing his time with the Transportation and Distribution Department (T&D), Dawson describes the role of Staff Departments at DuPont during the period. T&D provided transportation equipment needed by the manufacturing departments.

Dawson also relates the development of the computer systems at the Kinston plant during his time with the Information Systems group there. He describes his role installing and maintaining the hardware from computers to communication systems. He also explains the broader computer systems development which took place from 1980 to 1992.
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Collection ID: Oral history interviews with former employees of DuPont Company's Textile Fibers Department (Accession 2010.215)
Hagley ID: 2010215_20160407_Dawson
Collection: Oral history interviews with former employees of DuPont Company's Textile Fibers Department

Title: Interview with Robert "Bob" Heckrotte, 2008 November 20
Date(s): 2008-11-20
Contributor(s): Heckrotte, Robert (interviewee), Plasky, Joseph G. (interviewer)
Collection ID: Oral history interviews with former employees of DuPont Company's Textile Fibers Department (Accession 2010.215)
Hagley ID: 2010215_20081120_Heckrotte
Collection: Oral history interviews with former employees of DuPont Company's Textile Fibers Department

Title: Interview with Ernie Bennett, 2009 December 07
Date(s): 2009-12-07
Contributor(s): Bennett, Ernie (interviewee), Plasky, Joseph G. (interviewer)
Description: Interview primarily relates to Bennett'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_20091207_Bennett
Collection: Oral history interviews with former employees of DuPont Company's Textile Fibers Department

Title: Interview with Dick Stine, 2009 February 19
Date(s): 2009-02-19
Contributor(s): Stine, Dick (interviewee), Plasky, Joseph G. (interviewer)
Description: Interview primarily relates to Stine's role in the DuPont Co.'s Nylon business.
Collection ID: Oral history interviews with former employees of DuPont Company's Textile Fibers Department (Accession 2010.215)
Hagley ID: 2010215_20090219_Stine
Collection: Oral history interviews with former employees of DuPont Company's Textile Fibers Department

Title: Interview with John Page, Sr., 2009 February 12
Date(s): 2009-02-12
Contributor(s): Page, John, Sr. (interviewee), Plasky, Joseph G. (interviewer)
Description: Interview primarily relates to Page'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_20090212_Page_Sr
Collection: Oral history interviews with former employees of DuPont Company's Textile Fibers Department

Title: Interview with William D. "Bill" Walker, 2009 July 13
Date(s): 2009-07-13
Contributor(s): Walker, William D., 1937- (interviewee), Plasky, Joseph G. (interviewer)
Description: Walkers' interview discusses the development of the high speed wind-up, his work on fanning gun for spinning machines, and his work on the metered finish on Dacron machines and his patent on that applicator. He also talks about the textile industry, and DuPont's attempts to replace conventional fabrics.
Collection ID: Oral history interviews with former employees of DuPont Company's Textile Fibers Department (Accession 2010.215)
Hagley ID: 2010215_20090713_Walker
Collection: Oral history interviews with former employees of DuPont Company's Textile Fibers Department

Title: Interview with John Barrows, 2008 November 12
Date(s): 2008-11-12
Contributor(s): Barrows, John (interviewee), Plasky, Joseph G. (interviewer)
Description: Interview primarily relates to Barrows' role in the DuPont Co.'s Nylon business.
Collection ID: Oral history interviews with former employees of DuPont Company's Textile Fibers Department (Accession 2010.215)
Hagley ID: 2010215_20081112_Barrows
Collection: Oral history interviews with former employees of DuPont Company's Textile Fibers Department

Title: Interview with Stan Cobb, 2009 April 20
Date(s): 2009-04-20
Contributor(s): Cobb, Stan (interviewee), Plasky, Joseph G. (interviewer)
Description: Interview primarily relates to Cobb's role in spinneret manufacturing at DuPont Co.
Collection ID: Oral history interviews with former employees of DuPont Company's Textile Fibers Department (Accession 2010.215)
Hagley ID: 2010215_20090420_Cobb
Collection: Oral history interviews with former employees of DuPont Company's Textile Fibers Department

Title: Interview with Sam Workman, 2008 October 15
Date(s): 2008-10-15
Contributor(s): Workman, Sam (interviewee), Plasky, Joseph G. (interviewer)
Description: Interview primarily relates to Workman's role in engineering at DuPont Co.
Collection ID: Oral history interviews with former employees of DuPont Company's Textile Fibers Department (Accession 2010.215)
Hagley ID: 2010215_20081015_Workman
Collection: Oral history interviews with former employees of DuPont Company's Textile Fibers Department

Title: Interview with George Read, 2009 March 03
Date(s): 2009-03-03
Contributor(s): Read, George (interviewee), Plasky, Joseph G. (interviewer)
Description: Interview primarily relates to Read's role in the DuPont Co.'s Nylon business.
Collection ID: Oral history interviews with former employees of DuPont Company's Textile Fibers Department (Accession 2010.215)
Hagley ID: 2010215_20090303_Read
Collection: Oral history interviews with former employees of DuPont Company's Textile Fibers Department

Title: Interview with Ray Johnson, 2010 October 13
Date(s): 2010-10-13
Contributor(s): Johnson, Ray (interviewee), Plasky, Joseph G. (interviewer)
Description: Johnson's interview illustrates the management progression system used by Textile Filers and is interspersed with Orlon business notes. In addition to giving his work history, Johnson details the Orlon process and business as he remembers it in the early 1960's, Kevlar business plans he observed during his time at Richmond, and the DuPont operations at Uentrop, Germany.
Collection ID: Oral history interviews with former employees of DuPont Company's Textile Fibers Department (Accession 2010.215)
Hagley ID: 2010215_20101013_Johnson
Collection: Oral history interviews with former employees of DuPont Company's Textile Fibers Department

Title: Interview with Ben Waide, 2014 September 24
Date(s): 2014-09-24
Contributor(s): Waide, Ben (interviewee), Plasky, Joseph G. (interviewer)
Description: Waide details his career in various positions within DuPont Co. He began his career in Industrial Engineering at Seaford but was quickly reassigned as a process development engineer on the BCF Nylon process working to increase throughput. This led to an assignment as a first line supervisor on shifts and then to a section supervisor on shifts. These assignments were required of management personnel at Seaford. He was later Area Supervisor in nylon staple. Waide discusses the equipment and...
Show moreWaide details his career in various positions within DuPont Co. He began his career in Industrial Engineering at Seaford but was quickly reassigned as a process development engineer on the BCF Nylon process working to increase throughput. This led to an assignment as a first line supervisor on shifts and then to a section supervisor on shifts. These assignments were required of management personnel at Seaford. He was later Area Supervisor in nylon staple. Waide discusses the equipment and processes in both BCF (bulked continuous filament) and staple at the Seaford, Delaware facilities.

Waide details his next assignment in Wilmington in the normal management progression serving BCF and Fiberfil. Then, he was assigned to a spunbonded special assignment to study the future of Sontara. Waide discusses the cost accounting problems that were misleading to the analysis of this product. As a result of this work, he moved to Spunbonded Superintendent at Old Hickory and then to Dacron Superintendent. In this position, he was part of the team that contended with a major unionization campaign. He then moved to Plant Manager at Seaford, where he was allowed to run the plant without much outside influence. His statements on functionality responsibilities getting in the way of business success are interspersed throughout the interview but become more focused as the discussion continues. Waide also gives insight into the management change in the Films Department to the SBU (strategic business unit) development, which left the old functional organization concept.
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Collection ID: Oral history interviews with former employees of DuPont Company's Textile Fibers Department (Accession 2010.215)
Hagley ID: 2010215_20140924_Waide
Collection: Oral history interviews with former employees of DuPont Company's Textile Fibers Department

Title: Interview with C.M. Miller, Jr., 2008 November 13
Date(s): 2008-11-13
Contributor(s): Miller, Conley Mitchell, Jr., 1939-2016 (interviewee), Plasky, Joseph G. (interviewer)
Description: Interview primarily relates to Miller's role in the DuPont Co.'s Nylon business.
Collection ID: Oral history interviews with former employees of DuPont Company's Textile Fibers Department (Accession 2010.215)
Hagley ID: 2010215_20081113_Miller
Collection: Oral history interviews with former employees of DuPont Company's Textile Fibers Department

Title: Interview with Roger A. Attanasio, 2009 June 24
Date(s): 2009-06-24
Contributor(s): Attanasio, Roger A. (interviewee), Plasky, Joseph G. (interviewer)
Description: Interview primarily relates to Attanasio'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_20090624_Attanasio
Collection: Oral history interviews with former employees of DuPont Company's Textile Fibers Department

Title: Interview with Frank H. Overton, 2008 September 16
Date(s): 2008-09-16
Contributor(s): Overton, Frank H. (interviewee), Plasky, Joseph G. (interviewer)
Description: Interview primarily relates to Overton's role in the DuPont Co.'s Nylon business.
Collection ID: Oral history interviews with former employees of DuPont Company's Textile Fibers Department (Accession 2010.215)
Hagley ID: 2010215_20080916_Overton
Collection: Oral history interviews with former employees of DuPont Company's Textile Fibers Department

Title: Interview with Vann Jackson, 2016 July 20
Date(s): 2016-07-20
Contributor(s): Jackson, Vann (interviewee), Plasky, Joseph G. (interviewer)
Description: In his interview, Jackson first addresses his early childhood growing up on a farm near the Kinston, North Carolina plant. He describes his first position at DuPont as a supervisor and his return to the company after leaving to finish college. He then describes the various roles he subsequently held throughout his career, particularly detailing his work on managed health care soon after its introduction at the Mt. Clemmons, Michigan paint plant.
Collection ID: Oral history interviews with former employees of DuPont Company's Textile Fibers Department (Accession 2010.215)
Hagley ID: 2010215_20160720_Jackson
Collection: Oral history interviews with former employees of DuPont Company's Textile Fibers Department

Title: Interview with James C. "Jim" Hornsby, 2009 June 22
Date(s): 2009-06-22
Contributor(s): Hornsby, James C. (interviewee), Plasky, Joseph G. (interviewer)
Description: Interview primarily relates to Hornsby's role in the DuPont Co.'s Nylon business.
Collection ID: Oral history interviews with former employees of DuPont Company's Textile Fibers Department (Accession 2010.215)
Hagley ID: 2010215_20090622_Hornsby
Collection: Oral history interviews with former employees of DuPont Company's Textile Fibers Department

Title: Interview with Alvin L. "Al" Acker, Jr., 2008 July 24
Date(s): 2008-07-24
Contributor(s): Acker, Alvin L., Jr., 1925- (interviewee), Plasky, Joseph G. (interviewer)
Description: Acker's interview provides a perspective on plant engineering during the 1950s through the 1980s with a focus on Nylon fiber plants in Chattanooga, Tennessee; Camden, South Carolina; Waynesboro, Virginia; and corporate Wilmington, Delaware. The interview includes details on plant construction, manufacturing processes and organizational changes, such as the move from plant based to regional and centralized engineering services over time. Also discussed are trends in unionization and cost...
Show moreAcker's interview provides a perspective on plant engineering during the 1950s through the 1980s with a focus on Nylon fiber plants in Chattanooga, Tennessee; Camden, South Carolina; Waynesboro, Virginia; and corporate Wilmington, Delaware. The interview includes details on plant construction, manufacturing processes and organizational changes, such as the move from plant based to regional and centralized engineering services over time. Also discussed are trends in unionization and cost reduction by moving from craft oriented to multiskilled labor.
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Collection ID: Oral history interviews with former employees of DuPont Company's Textile Fibers Department (Accession 2010.215)
Hagley ID: 2010215_20080724_Acker
Collection: Oral history interviews with former employees of DuPont Company's Textile Fibers Department

Title: Interview with James D. McCullough, 2009 June 21
Date(s): 2009-06-21
Contributor(s): McCullough, James D. (interviewee), Plasky, Joseph G. (interviewer)
Description: In his interview, McCullough outlines his career as supervisor for wind-up development for the Textile Fibers Department at DuPont Co., providing perspective on the development and commercialization process as employed in the department and the later decision by management to outsource development work to external companies. He outlines the following steps in the process: building experimental demonstration machine, building prototypes, and finally redesigning for fabrication and commercial...
Show moreIn his interview, McCullough outlines his career as supervisor for wind-up development for the Textile Fibers Department at DuPont Co., providing perspective on the development and commercialization process as employed in the department and the later decision by management to outsource development work to external companies. He outlines the following steps in the process: building experimental demonstration machine, building prototypes, and finally redesigning for fabrication and commercial installation. He details the ongoing tension with local management as to how the process should be split between the Engineering Development Laboratory (EDL) and the design division.

McCullough also details his early life in New Kensington, Pennsylvania, describing his parents' careers, the initial growth of his interest in mechanical engineering, his education, his first engineering projects at DuPont, and the three years he spent in an engineering field group at Kinston. He also mentions being honored for his post-retirement work managing a multi-ending large package program at the Seaford plant.
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Collection ID: Oral history interviews with former employees of DuPont Company's Textile Fibers Department (Accession 2010.215)
Hagley ID: 2010215_20090621_McCullough
Collection: Oral history interviews with former employees of DuPont Company's Textile Fibers Department

Title: Interview with Zaven Touloukian, 2009 April 14
Date(s): 2009-04-14
Contributor(s): Touloukian, Zaven (interviewee), Plasky, Joseph G. (interviewer)
Description: Touloukian details his experience as the first non-United States citizen hired in the DuPont textile fibers division in Chattanooga. He further discusses his contributions in various roles there including process assistant, senior engineer, and technical manager. Touloukian also remarks on his later work experience in Argentina and Camden.
Collection ID: Oral history interviews with former employees of DuPont Company's Textile Fibers Department (Accession 2010.215)
Hagley ID: 2010215_20090414_Touloukian
Collection: Oral history interviews with former employees of DuPont Company's Textile Fibers Department

Title: Interview with Eugene "Gene" Jones, 2009 February 06
Date(s): 2009-02-06
Contributor(s): Jones, Eugene (interviewee), Plasky, Joseph G. (interviewer)
Description: Interview primarily relates to Jones' role in the DuPont Co.'s Nylon business.
Collection ID: Oral history interviews with former employees of DuPont Company's Textile Fibers Department (Accession 2010.215)
Hagley ID: 2010215_20090206_Jones
Collection: Oral history interviews with former employees of DuPont Company's Textile Fibers Department

Title: Interview with Charles J. Hollandsworth, Jr., 2008 November 24
Date(s): 2008-11-24
Contributor(s): Hollandsworth, Charles J., Jr. (interviewee), Plasky, Joseph G. (interviewer)
Description: Interview primarily relates to Hollandsworth's role in the DuPont Co.'s Nylon business.
Collection ID: Oral history interviews with former employees of DuPont Company's Textile Fibers Department (Accession 2010.215)
Hagley ID: 2010215_20081124_Hollandsworth
Collection: Oral history interviews with former employees of DuPont Company's Textile Fibers Department

Title: Interview with Lou Defanti, 2008 October 24
Date(s): 2008-10-24
Contributor(s): Defanti, Lou (interviewee), Plasky, Joseph G. (interviewer)
Description: Interview primarily relates to DeFanti's role in the DuPont Co.'s Nylon business.
Collection ID: Oral history interviews with former employees of DuPont Company's Textile Fibers Department (Accession 2010.215)
Hagley ID: 2010215_20081024_DeFanti
Collection: Oral history interviews with former employees of DuPont Company's Textile Fibers Department

Title: Interview with Gerry Montaigne, 2008 October 27
Date(s): 2008-10-27
Contributor(s): Montaigne, Gerald, Jr., 1921-2011 (interviewee), Plasky, Joseph G. (interviewer)
Description: Interview primarily relates to Montaigne'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_20081027_Montaigne
Collection: Oral history interviews with former employees of DuPont Company's Textile Fibers Department

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