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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 Charlie Fiveash, 2008 October 02
Date(s): 2008-10-02
Contributor(s): Fiveash, Charlie (interviewee), Plasky, Joseph G. (interviewer)
Description: Interview primarily relates to Fiveash'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_20081002_Fiveash
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 Clarence B. Mahoney, Jr., 2009 December 08
Date(s): 2009-12-08
Contributor(s): Mahoney, Clarence B., Jr. (interviewee), Plasky, Joseph G. (interviewer)
Description: Interview primarily relates to Mahoney's role in the DuPont Co.'s Nylon and Dacron business.
Collection ID: Oral history interviews with former employees of DuPont Company's Textile Fibers Department (Accession 2010.215)
Hagley ID: 2010215_20091208_Mahoney
Collection: Oral history interviews with former employees of DuPont Company's Textile Fibers Department

Title: Interview with Vann Winfree, 2008 May 20
Date(s): 2008-05-20
Contributor(s): Winfree, Vann (interviewee), Plasky, Joseph G. (interviewer)
Description: Interview primarily relates to Winfree'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_20080520_Winfree
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 Donald "Don" Shiffler, 2010 February 15
Date(s): 2010-02-15
Contributor(s): Shiffler, Donald (interviewee), Plasky, Joseph G. (interviewer)
Description: Interview primarily relates to Shiffler'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_20100215_Shiffler
Collection: Oral history interviews with former employees of DuPont Company's Textile Fibers Department

Title: Interview with James M. "Jim" Heatherly, 2008 August 27
Date(s): 2008-08-27
Contributor(s): Heatherly, James M. (interviewee), Plasky, Joseph G. (interviewer)
Description: Interview primarily relates to Heatherly'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_20080827_Heatherly
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 Harry Carlton, 2009 March 03
Date(s): 2009-03-03
Contributor(s): Carlton, Harry (interviewee), Plasky, Joseph G. (interviewer)
Description: Interview primarily relates to Carlton'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_20090303_Carlton
Collection: Oral history interviews with former employees of DuPont Company's Textile Fibers Department

Title: Interview with Ronald A. "Ron" Lear, 2008 June 10
Date(s): 2008-06-10
Contributor(s): Lear, Ronald A. (interviewee), Plasky, Joseph G. (interviewer)
Description: Interview primarily relates to Lear'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_20080610_Lear
Collection: Oral history interviews with former employees of DuPont Company's Textile Fibers Department

Title: Interview with Bill Paulsen, 2014 August 13
Date(s): 2014-08-13
Contributor(s): Paulsen, Bill (interviewee), Plasky, Joseph G. (interviewer)
Description: Paulson discusses his role in developing a nylon staple process in the 1940's at Dupont's Seaford, Delaware, works. He also details the important development of the Dacron process at Seaford on modified nylon equipment. DuPont purchased the patent from ICI for the chemistry of the polyester process but it was up to DuPont to develop a manufacturing process. Paulson was responsible for this development and he discusses the development and the writing of the project basic data for the Kinston...
Show morePaulson discusses his role in developing a nylon staple process in the 1940's at Dupont's Seaford, Delaware, works. He also details the important development of the Dacron process at Seaford on modified nylon equipment. DuPont purchased the patent from ICI for the chemistry of the polyester process but it was up to DuPont to develop a manufacturing process. Paulson was responsible for this development and he discusses the development and the writing of the project basic data for the Kinston Plant. Paulson was transferred to Kinston to start up the process he had a major impact in developing, so this interview gives an insight into the development and commercialization of Dacron. After a time in development at Kinston, Paulson was assigned to investigate the state of technology as it exists worldwide. Paulson and an Engineering Department employee Mike Gill spent their careers traveling and gathering information on what competitors and machine suppliers were doing. This effort was viewed in some quarters as corporate intelligence gathering and had a negative effect on some vendors because, according to Paulson, the vendors believed their technology was being looked at without sales potential since Textile Fibers would not commit to purchasing equipment or technology from vendors.
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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_20140813_Paulsen
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 Hans Frankfort, 2008 August 16
Date(s): 2008-08-16
Contributor(s): Frankfort, Hans (interviewee), Plasky, Joseph G. (interviewer)
Description: Interview primarily relates to Frankfort'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_20080816_Frankfort
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 John "Jack" A. Krol, 2016 September 29 and 2016 October 7
Date(s): 2016-09-29, 2016-10-07
Contributor(s): Krol, John A. (interviewee), Plasky, Joseph G. (interviewer)
Description: In his interview, John Krol details the following three phases of his career: nuclear submarine development in the Navy, development engineer to senior management at DuPont Co., and his post-DuPont career serving on various boards in industry, education, and charitable organizations. Krol describes his early life in Massachusetts, crediting his grandfather for developing his sense of discipline, expectations, and high standards. He then details his education at Tufts, which he attended on an...
Show moreIn his interview, John Krol details the following three phases of his career: nuclear submarine development in the Navy, development engineer to senior management at DuPont Co., and his post-DuPont career serving on various boards in industry, education, and charitable organizations. Krol describes his early life in Massachusetts, crediting his grandfather for developing his sense of discipline, expectations, and high standards. He then details his education at Tufts, which he attended on an ROTC scholarship, and his post-college naval service. He describes his experience in an elite naval group working on nuclear submarine development under the command of Admiral Hyman G. Rickover.

Krol then transitions to his career at DuPont, explaining his reasons for this career shift. He describes the opportunities for career advancement available to him as he held a variety of engineering and management positions. Krol also discusses his experience in manufacturing at Old Hickory and relates some of the events around a threatened strike there. He then discusses his promotion to a marketing sales position and his later impact in the Agriculture Products Department. He then details his experience as President of the Textile Fibers Department and later as Chairmen of the Board of Directors and President of DuPont Co.
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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_20160929_Krol
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

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