Leland "Jay" Dawson, 2016 April 7
Part of collection: Oral history interviews with former employees of DuPont Company's Textile Fibers Department (2010-215)
Dates
- Creation: 2016 April 7
Biographical Note
Jay Dawson's career with DuPont can be divided into the following three phases: Industrial Engineer, staff and project engineering in the Transportation and Distribution Department, and engineer and programmer in Information Systems (IS) at the Kinston, North Carolina plant. After management decided to contract out the majority of IS work in the late 1990s, Dawson was one of several DuPont IS personnel hired by the selected contractor.
Scope and Contents note
In his interview, Leland Dawson speaks on the role of Industrial Engineering (IE) groups at DuPont Co. during the 1960s. In additions to overseeing manufacturing budgets and cost work, these groups were a key factor in final output decisions. Dawson also explains the significant planning function of the IE groups. Addressing his time with the Transportation and Distribution Department (T&D), Dawson describes the role of Staff Departments at DuPont during the period. T&D provided transportation equipment needed by the manufacturing departments. Dawson also relates the development of the computer systems at the Kinston plant during his time with the Information Systems group there. He describes his role installing and maintaining the hardware from computers to communication systems. He also explains the broader computer systems development which took place from 1980 to 1992.
General Physical Description note
1 MPEG file. TRT 2:17:13. [ID: 2010215_20160407_Dawson].
Extent
From the Collection: 200 digital_files
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
Additional Description
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