Milford chronicle., 1961-06-16
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Following graduation from Har-
ward College in 1928, Mr.. Copeland
joined the DUPONT Company as a
chemist in a Connecticut plant. In
the years which followed he rose
in the Company's ranks to his pre-
sent high position as vice presi-
dent and director of the executive
committee. He also has held i'm
portant positions with General Mot
ors Corporation. He has been a di-
rector of the Wilmington Trust Co.,
and a member of its trust commit
tee. He has been director, vice pres
ident, and president of the Della
ware Realty and Investment Com
pany. and member of the board
of directors of the Christiana Sec
urities Company. He also served on
the boards of DUPONT of Canada,
Terminal Warehouses, Ltd, of Tor
onto. and the Pennsylvania Rail-
road Company.
Mr.. Copeland has been equally,
active in educational, cultural and
civic affairs. He serves his alma
mater,as a member of the visiting
committee to the school of gradu-
ate education. He has been director
of the Harvard Alumni Association
member of the committee to re-
organize the divinity school and
member of the executive commit
tee of the financial program. He is
a member of the board of manages
of the Wilmington Institute F. e
Library, past president and hon
orary director of the Wilmington
Society of Fine Arts, a vice chair
man and past president of the Del
aware Safety Council. director of
the United Community Fund of
Northern Delaware. He is a trustee
and vice president of the Longwood
Foundation, trustee and treasurer
OF the Eleutherian Mills-Hagley
Foundation and a trustee of the
University of Pennsylvania. He is
director and president of the Win
terthur Corporation.
He has been made an officer in
the French Legion of Honor in rec
ognition of "long and great affec-
tion and friendship for France"
Mr.. Lewis has been associated
with higher education. especially
with the Yale University library &
press for many years. He is lead
ing authority on Horace Walpole
and the Strawberry Hill Press and
has built the worlds greatest coll
ection in that area.
A Yale graduate, Mr. Lewis holds
honorary degrees from a number
of universities, including Brow n
Rochester, and Bucknell
He has been associated with the
Yale University Press and with the
Office of Strategic Services. During
World War / he served with the
American Expeditionary Forces in
France. He is a fellow OF the Yale
University Corporation, and W s
chairman OF the John Carter Brown
Library Associates from 1941 to 19-
AZ. He also has been chairman of
the Librarians Council of the Lii
brary of Congress and is a director
Of the Henry Francis Du Pont Win
terthur Museum. In this capacity.
and as a member of the Museum s
education committee, he has help
ed to develop the distinguished pro-
gram in Early American Civiliza-
ton which is offered comparatively
by the Museum and the university.
Mr.. Lewis has been editor of mum
erous Walpole works and is con-
tributor to Atlantic Monthly. Am
erican Scholar, the Virginia Quar-
terly. the Yale Review and other
magazines. His books include Tut
or's Lane. Three Tours Through
London in the Years 174S. 1916 and
1897, The Yale Collections, Collec-
tors Progress. and Horace Wal
poles Library.