Edward G. Jefferson (July 15, 1921, London – February 9, 2006)[1] was a British-born American chemical engineer, chemist, businessman, CEO and Chairman of DuPont corporation.
[1] [2] [3] [4] During Jefferson's leadership as Chairman, DuPont suffered from numerous controversies; such as polluting public waterways.
[5] Jefferson served in the Royal Artillery during World War II and took part in the Normandy invasion in 1944.
[6] In 1981, while the chief operating officer and president of DuPont, Jefferson led the acquisition of Conoco and during his tenure pushed biochemical and bioengineering initiatives.
Jefferson was also a Robert S. Hatfield fellow in economic education at Cornell and a Warren K. Lewis lecturer at MIT.