Biography
Pete du Pont served as a member of the Delaware and National Republican Finance Committees and became a state representative where he served from 1968-1971. He was elected to the US House of Representatives in 1970, and subsequently served two terms as governor of Delaware from 1976 to 1984. He was a candidate for the Republican presidential nomination in 1988. Mr. du Pont served on the Presidential Advisory Committee on Federalism and on the President’s Task Force on Private Sector Initiatives. He founded Jobs for Graduates, a job-counseling program for high school students. Mr. du Pont attended Princeton University and Harvard Law School, and served as a US Naval Reserve Officer as part of the Seabees from 1957-1960.