Francis Victor du Pont

Francis Victor du Pont (May 28, 1894 – May 16, 1962) was an American civil engineer, transportation commissioner, and member of the Du Pont family. He was involved in the development of public roads and highways in the United States.

Life and career The son of U.S. Senator and DuPont Company president T. Coleman du Pont and Alice du Pont, Francis Victor graduated from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and worked as a flight instructor at the US School of Military Aeronautics in Boston and as a research engineer at the DuPont Company's Deepwater Point plant and at a Cadillac plant in Detroit. He also served as president of the Equitable Trust Company of Wilmington and the Equitable Office Building in New York City.