Irving S. Shapiro
Irving Saul Shapiro (July 15, 1916 - September 13, 2001) was an American lawyer and businessman, best known for being the first lawyer, and the first person outside the Dupont family, to become CEO of DuPont. Shapiro served as DuPont chairman from December 1973 to 1981.[1] In 1987, he took over leadership of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute.[2]
Born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, Shapiro was the son of Lithuanian Jewish immigrants. His father was a dry cleaner and tailor.[3] He was a graduate of the University of Minnesota Law School.[1]
Publications
- America's Third Revolution: Public Interest and the Private Role with Carl B. Kaufmann (1984)
References
- ^ a b Oliver, Myrna. "Irving Shapiro, 85; Top DuPont Exec, Lawyer Obituaries". Los Angeles Times: Article collections (17 September 2001). Collected 25 April 2011. Web.
- ^ Beardsley, T. (1993) Profile: Irving S. Shapiro – Science's Unscientific Champion, Scientific American 269(1), 28-29.
- ^ "Irving Shapiro." SFGate.Com: Article collections (17 September 2001). Collected 25 April 2011. Web.
Other sources
- "In Memoriam: A Tribute to Irving S. Shapiro." HHMI Bulletin. (December 2001). Page 44.
- Irving S. Shapiro. Transcript of an interview conducted by James J. Bohning and Bernadette R. McNulty in Wilmington, Delaware on 15 December 1994. Chemical Heritage Foundation (2010). Collected 25 April 2011. Web.
- "Irving S. Shapiro, DuPont Corporation: 1974 - 1981." American Business Leaders of the Twentieth Century: Chemicals & Industrial. Harvard Business School Leadership (2011). Collected 25 April 2011. Web.
External links
- Harvard Business School Leadership
- Bata Bheag: Portrait of Irving S. Shapiro by Charles Marchant Stevenson
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