" Alfred also made many contributions to the handicapped, one of his many contributions to the handicapped was a children's hospital, which today is one of the leading children's hospitals in the United States. Even though Alfred has died contributions are still made, in his memory, to benefit the state of Delaware. .
T. Coleman was the president of DuPont when he decided to step down and sell his stock to Pierre. When he left he one of his aspirations was to improve highways. T. Coleman took it upon himself to create what is now known as the DuPont Highway, U.S. 13, or U.S.113. The highway connects Wilmington to Dover, and Dover to the Maryland state line. The development of this highway was an example of T. Coleman's generosity. Even though Delaware eventually took control of building the highway du Pont still paid for the construction. The total construction of the highway cost T. Coleman du Pont 4 million dollars. .
Building hospitals, highways, and donating money to the elderly, were tremendous acts of charity by the two cousins. These contributions had great effects on the quality of living in Delaware. The greatest impacting contributions however came from Pierre S. du Pont. .
When Pierre S. du Pont entered into the business with his two cousins he excelled and he eventually became the president of DuPont. In 1919 Pierre began his quest to reform Delaware's schools because, "He believed that education, or lack their of, was the key to most social problems." A major problem facing Delaware was the poor constructed, maintained, or just non-existent schools. .
To remedy this problem Pierre created the DSAA, the Delaware School Auxiliary Association and the School-Construction Campaign in 1919. The DSAA's primary function was to oversee the construction and renovation of Delaware's schools. To create the DSAA Pierre put $2,000,000 worth of personal stock into a trust fund on July 29, 1919.
