Mr.
Peter J. Meyers, Jr.
Mr.
Peter J. Meyers, Jr. , born in Kingsford, Michigan in 1928,
graduated from Kingsford High School in 1946. He joined the
U.S. Navy afterward, eventually receiving in 1950 a commission
as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Army-Chemical Corps. Pete
received his bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering
from the Michigan College of Mining and Technology in 1953.
He joined DuPont as a research engineer that same year, and
over the years he was assigned to a variety of positions in
research, process and product development, plant design, construction
liaison, engineering, and manufacturing. He went to Tennessee
in 1955 as a Senior Engineer, and was promoted to Research
Group Leader in 1956. In 1963, Pete was promoted to Manufacturing
Superintendent, and in 1965 was named Product Supervisor at
the Seaford, Delaware plant. Over the next 17 years, Pete
was transferred to operations in Delaware, Tennessee, and
South Carolina. He was promoted to Production Manager, Film
Division-Polymer Products in 1980, and in 1982, he was sent
to Switzerland as Director of Polymer Products. There his
responsibilities grew to include all of DuPont's European
manufacturing, safety, and environmental issues. He also directed
the efforts of numerous subsidiaries. Pete’s final assignment
at DuPont was as Vice President Manufacturing-Agricultural
Products, which involved direction of 45 plants all over the
world. He retired in 1991 after 38 years of service, and summers
in Pennsylvania and winters in South Carolina. Pete and his
wife Shirley have four children and eleven grandchildren. |
