Thomas M. Connelly

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Thomas M. Connelly
Born June 1952
Toledo, Ohio
Residence Greenville, Delaware
Nationality American
Citizenship American
Alma mater Princeton University (1974)
University of Cambridge
Occupation Business executive
Home town Toledo, Ohio
Title Executive Vice President, Chief Innovation Officer of DuPont
Spouse(s) Patricia Connelly

Thomas M. Connelly, Jr., born in Toledo, Ohio in June 1952, is currently an Executive Vice President, the Chief Innovation Officer and a member of the Office of the Chief Executive of E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company in Wilmington, Delaware.

Connelly graduated from Princeton University in 1974 earning degrees in Chemical Engineering and Economics and then went on to attend the University of Cambridge as a Winston Churchill Scholar,[1] where he received a Ph.D. in chemical engineering.

Connelly joined DuPont in 1977 as a research engineer at the DuPont Experimental Station in Wilmington and since then has gone through a succession of positions and changing locations. He was promoted to his current position in June 2006.

He is a member of the Department of Chemical Engineering Advisory Committee of Princeton University. As part of the Chemical Heritage Foundation "Heritage Day 2005" ceremonies, Connelly received the 2005 Award for Executive Excellence of the Commercial Development and Marketing Association (CDMA). He is on the Board of Directors of Catholic Charities of the Catholic Diocese of Wilmington.

Connelly, his wife Patricia and their three children reside in Greenville, Delaware.

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  1. ^ The Winston Churchill Foundation. http://www.winstonchurchillfoundation.org/