1.  Alfred I. du Pont

2. Biography  He was born on May 12, 1864 in Wilmington, Delaware  He attended MIT  Hi family was known for their gunpowder manufacture plant  He personally loved playing the violin and was a composer

3. Biography Continued  He was married to Jessie Ball du Pont (sister of the man he partnered with in some of his entrepreneurships in Florida).  He had made several trips to Florida in the past, and him and his wife really enjoyed it here, so they eventually decided to reside here.  There home was called Epping Forest which you can still tour today. Worth $56 million  He died in Jacksonville, FL on April 28, 1935

4. Impact on FL Economy  He kept Florida National Bank of Jacksonville afloat during a bank run in 1929.  He put his own money into a bank account, an amount of $15 million.  He also helped with opening the other Florida National Banks.

5. Impact on FL Economy  He set up the Nemours Foundation to care for the elderly and for hurt children who could be cured.  There are many of the Nemours clinics located in Florida, one near us off of 417!  Today, The Nemours Foundation is one of the largest privately funded medical foundations in the nation  In Jacksonville, the Nemours Foundation operates the Nemours Children's Clinic.

6. Impact of FL Economy  He earned more money by buying the Florida East Coast Railway, real estate and banks.  He helped out-of-work people find jobs during the Great Depression.  Each day, his foreman sent out a fleet of trucks to pick men up off street corners and put them to work beautifying parks. (There is a park named after his wife).

7. What would FL look like without him?  He was known as one of FL’s most prominent entrepreneurs, he put so much money into rebuilding our state.  The Nemours children’s fund would probably not be around.  Our railways would not have expanded.  A lot of people would have suffered without jobs after the Great Depression which would have affected the economy and turned our modern day economy upside down!  He was a great asset to our state, and we would not have progressed or have had any of his funds without his presence.