The HistoryMakers video oral history with Claibourne Smith.

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Imprint:Chicago, Illinois : The HistoryMakers, [2016]
Description:1 online resource (6 video files (2 hr., 43 min., 59 sec.)) : sound, color.
Language:English
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Format: E-Resource Video Streaming Video
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11318796
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Varying Form of Title:History Makers video oral history with Claibourne Smith
Claibourne Smith
Other authors / contributors:Smith, Claibourne, 1938- interviewee.
Crowe, Larry F., interviewer.
Hickey, Matthew, director of photography.
HistoryMakers (Video oral history collection), production company.
Sound characteristics:digital
Digital file characteristics:video file
Notes:Videographer, Matthew Hickey.
Larry Crowe, interviewer.
Recorded Greenville, Delaware 2012 May 25.
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Summary:Chemist Claibourne D. Smith was born on January 6, 1938 in Memphis, Tennessee. Smith graduated from the University of Denver with his B.S. and M.S. degrees in chemistry in 1959 and 1961, respectively. He earned his Ph.D. degree in organic chemistry from the University of Oregon in 1964. Upon receiving his Ph.D. degree, Smith began his career at E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company as a research chemist, remaining for thirty-four years. Throughout his career at E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company, Smith held many management positions, including director of marketing liaison and vice president of marketing in the corporate plans department. He retired from the company in 1998 as vice president of technology and vice chairman of corporation education aid. After serving as the board chair of Delaware State University, Smith was named the acting president from 2008 to 2010.