John Thompson Dorrance

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name = John T. Dorrance


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birth_date = birth date|1873|11|11
birth_place = Bristol, Pennsylvania
United States
death_date = death date and age|1930|9|21|1873|11|11|mf=y
death_place = Cinnaminson, New Jersey
United States
resting_place = West Laurel Hill Cemetery
Bala Cynwyd, Pa.
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education = MIT, Göttingen University
occupation = Chemist, businessman
President & owner: Campbell Soup Company
party =
spouse = Ethel Mallinckrot
children = Elinore (b.1907), Ethel (b. 1909), Charlotte (b. 1911), Margaret (1915-1953), John Jr. (1919-1989)
parents = John Dorrance &
Elvira Thompson
religion =

John Thompson Dorrance B.S. Ph.D. (November 11, 1873 - September 21, 1930) was a American chemist and soup businessman. Born in Bristol, Pennsylvania, he earned a Bachelor of Science degree from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a Ph.D. from Göttingen University in Germany. A nephew of one of the partners of the Joseph Campbell Preserve Company, he went to work there in 1897 and invented condensed soup that became the mainstay for the renamed Campbell Soup Company.

John Dorrance went on to become the president of Campbell Soup Company from 1914 to 1930, eventually buying out the Campbell family. He turned the business into one of America's great, and longest-lasting, brands. He was succeeded by his brother, Arthur Dorrance.

In 1906 he married Ethel Mallinckrot with whom he had five children.Their daughter, Margaret, married prominent Philadelphia stockbroker, George W. Strawbridge, Sr.

Dorrance died in 1930 and was buried in West Laurel Hill Cemetery in Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania. His estate in Radnor Township, Pennsylvania is now the home of Cabrini College.

External links

* [http://www.campbellsoupcompany.com/history.asp History of Campbell Soup]
* [http://www.webcemeteries.com/westlaurelhill/LHO.Asp Biography-West Laurel Hill Cemetery web site]