07.02.15
RIFM: elected James C. Romine, Ph.D as its new president. Dr. Romine was VP, Product Stewardship and Regulatory Affairs at DuPont in Wilmington, Del. He succeeds David K. Wilcox, Ph.D., who retired May 1, 2015.
Dr. Romine was the first to lead DuPont’s functional competency for managing product stewardship and regulatory compliance in all markets and geographies. He joined DuPont in 1980 in Richmond, Va., as a Research Chemist in the Nomex fiber business.
During the course of his career with DuPont, Dr. Romine had assignments in the DuPont Fibers Department Pioneering Research Laboratory, as manager of the Nylon Textile Technical Group supporting new product development and manufacturing operations; as R&D manager for the Polymer Engineering Group in Central Research & Development and in the Lycra Group as the global new product Manager. In 1998, Dr. Romine was appointed Science Director for Leveraged Information and Research Services and in 2001 assumed the leadership of Central Research’s Materials Science and Engineering division before serving as Managing Director for DuPont’s Corporate Plans.
Dr. Romine received his Ph.D. in Chemistry from the University of Michigan.
Dr. Romine was the first to lead DuPont’s functional competency for managing product stewardship and regulatory compliance in all markets and geographies. He joined DuPont in 1980 in Richmond, Va., as a Research Chemist in the Nomex fiber business.
During the course of his career with DuPont, Dr. Romine had assignments in the DuPont Fibers Department Pioneering Research Laboratory, as manager of the Nylon Textile Technical Group supporting new product development and manufacturing operations; as R&D manager for the Polymer Engineering Group in Central Research & Development and in the Lycra Group as the global new product Manager. In 1998, Dr. Romine was appointed Science Director for Leveraged Information and Research Services and in 2001 assumed the leadership of Central Research’s Materials Science and Engineering division before serving as Managing Director for DuPont’s Corporate Plans.
Dr. Romine received his Ph.D. in Chemistry from the University of Michigan.