Rash's Surname Index
Notes for Pierre Samuel III DU PONT
Daily News of Los Angeles (CA) - April 10, 1988
Deceased Name: BUSINESSMAN PIERRE DU PONT III, FATHER OF EX-PRESIDENTIAL HOPEFUL
Pierre S. du Pont III, a retired Du Pont Co. executive and the father of the former presidential candidate and governor, died at home Saturday after a long illness. He was 77.
Du Pont rose to be a vice president and executive committee member of the chemical company that his great-great-grandfather, E.I. du Pont, founded in Delaware. He then left the company in 1965 and embarked on an entrepreneurial life that included film-producing and helping his son's political campaigns.
"He and Pete were always very, very close," said Dave Swayze, former chief of staff to the younger du Pont. "It was not uncommon to see Big Pete, as we knew him, at just any event, any time (the younger) Pete was giving a speech."
His wife, Jane Holcomb du Pont, died in 1985.
Besides his son, he is survived by two daughters, Jane du Pont Kidd, of Dallas; and Michele du Pont Goss, of San Francisco; and 11 grandchildren.
Services were set for Tuesday in Greenville.
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