S-8

Registration Statement No. 33-XXXXX

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM S-8

REGISTRATION STATEMENT

UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

E. I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

DELAWARE	1007 MARKET STREET WILMINGTON, DELAWARE 19898	51-0014090
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)	(Address of principal executive offices)	(I.R.S. Employer identification no.)

2002 BICENTENNIAL CORPORATE SHARING PLAN

(Full title of the plans)

GARY M. PFEIFFER, SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT—DUPONT FINANCE

E. I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY

1007 MARKET STREET

WILMINGTON, DELAWARE 19898

(Name and address of agent for service)

TELEPHONE NUMBER, INCLUDING AREA CODE, OF AGENTS FOR SERVICE:

302-774-1000

APPROXIMATE DATE OF PROPOSED COMMENCEMENT OF SALES

PURSUANT TO THE PLAN:

From time to time after effective

date of Registration Statement

CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE

Title of Securities to be Registered	Amount to be Registered	Proposed Maximum Offering Price Per Share	Proposed Maximum Aggregate Offering Price	Amount of Registration Fee
Common Stock $.30 par value	13,946,600	42.30	589,941,180	47,726.24

PART II

INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT

Item 3.    Incorporation of Certain Documents by Reference

The documents listed below, previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, are incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement:

(a)  DuPont’s Annual Report on Form 10-K, for the year ended December 31, 2002.

(b)  DuPont’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, for quarters ended March 31, 2003.

(c)  DuPont’s Current Reports on Form 8-K as filed on January 15 and March 18, 2003.

All documents subsequently filed by DuPont pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14, and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered hereby have been sold or which deregisters all such securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents.

Item 4.    Description of DuPont Common Stock

Holders of DuPont Common Stock are entitled to receive dividends that may be declared by the Board of Directors of DuPont from surplus or net earnings, but not until all cumulative dividends on preferred stock shall have been declared and set apart for payment at the annual rates of $4.50 a share for the $4.50 Series and $3.50 a share for the $3.50 Series. Holders of DuPont Common Stock have the right to vote on all questions to the exclusion of all other stockholders, except as otherwise expressly provided by law or unless DuPont shall be in default in the payment of dividends on preferred stock for a period of six months. In the latter event, until accumulated and unpaid dividends on preferred stock of all series shall have been paid, the holders of the outstanding preferred stock shall have the exclusive right, voting separately and as a class, to elect two directors, or if the total number of directors of DuPont be only three, then only one director, at each meeting of stockholders held for the purpose of electing directors.

On liquidation, dissolution, or winding up of DuPont, whether voluntary or involuntary, after payments have been made to holders of preferred stock, holders of DuPont Common Stock have the right to share ratably the remaining assets available for distribution. In the event of voluntary liquidation, holders of preferred stock are entitled to accumulated dividends and $115 a share for the $ 4.50 Series and $107 a share for the $3.50 Series; in the event of involuntary liquidation, holders of both series are entitled to accumulated dividends and $100 a share. Holders of DuPont Common Stock do not have any preemptive rights.

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Item 5.    Interests of Named Experts and Counsel

The validity of the issue of DuPont Common Stock offered hereby has been passed on by Stacey J. Mobley, Esq., Senior Vice President and Chief Administrative Officer and General Counsel of DuPont. Mr. Mobley beneficially owned as of June 27, 2003 427,000 Shares of Common Stock of DuPont, including 386,967 shares of which he has the right to acquire beneficial ownership within 60 days through the exercise of stock options awarded under DuPont’s compensation plans.

Item 6.    Indemnification of Directors and Officers

Under provisions of the Bylaws of DuPont, each person who is or was a director or officer of DuPont shall be indemnified by DuPont to the full extent permitted or authorized by the General Corporation Law of Delaware against any liability, cost or expense asserted against such director or officer and incurred by such director or officer in any such person’s capacity as director or officer, or arising out of any such person’s status as a director or officer. DuPont has purchased liability insurance policies covering its directors and officers to provide protection where DuPont cannot indemnify a director or officer.

Item 8 .    Exhibits

Exhibit Number	Description
4(a)	DuPont’s Restated Certificate of Incorporation, effective May 29, 1997, defining the rights of the holders of DuPont Common Stock, incorporated by reference to DuPont’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on June 13, 1997.
4(b)	Terms and Conditions of 2002 Bicentennial Corporate Sharing Plan
5(a)	Opinion of Counsel
23(a)	Consent of Independent Accountants
23(b)	Consent of Stacey J. Mobley, Esq. included in the opinion filed as Exhibit 5(a) to this Registration Statement
24	Powers of attorney authorizing certain officers to sign this registration statement and amendments thereto on behalf of officers and directors

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Item 9.    S-K Item 512 Undertakings

(a)  The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:

(1)  To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this registration statement.

(i)  To include any prospectus required by section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933;

(ii)  To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the registration statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the registration statement.

(iii)  To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the registration statement or any material change to such information in the registration statement; provided, however, that paragraphs (a)(l)(i) and (a)(l)(ii) do not apply if the registration statement is on Form S-3 or Form S-8 and the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed by the registrant pursuant to section 13 or section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are incorporated by reference in the registration statement.

(2)  That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

(3)  To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.

(b)  The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933 each filing of the registrant’s annual report pursuant to section 13(a) or section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan’s annual report pursuant to section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) that is incorporated by reference in the registration statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

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(h)  Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized in the city of Wilmington, State of Delaware, on June 27, 2003.

E. I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY
By:	/s/    GARY M. PFEIFFER
	Gary M. Pfeiffer Senior Vice President—DuPont Finance and Chief Financial Officer

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated.

C. O. Holliday, Jr., Chairman and Director

A. J. P. Belda, Director

R. H. Brown, Director

C. J. Crawford, Director

L. C. Duemling, Director

E. B. duPont, Director

D. C. Hopkins, Director

L. D. Juliber, Director

G. Lindahl, Director

M. Naitoh, Director

W. K. Reilly, Director

H. R. Sharp, III, Director

C. M. Vest, Director

By:	/s/    GARY M. PFEIFFER
	Gary M. Pfeiffer Senior Vice President—DuPont Finance (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer and Attorney-In-Fact for bracketed individuals)
	(June 27, 2003)

By:	/s/    STACEY J. MOBLEY
	Stacey J. Mobley Senior Vice President and Chief Administrative Officer and General Counsel—DuPont Legal (Attorney-In-Fact for bracketed individuals)
	(June 27, 2003)

Powers of attorney authorizing Gary M. Pfeiffer and Stacey J. Mobley jointly, to sign the registration statement and amendments thereto on behalf of the above-named directors and officers are filed with the registration statement.

Pursuant to the requirement of the Securities Act of 1933, the trustees (or other persons who administer the employee benefit plan) have duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Wilmington, State of Delaware, on June 27, 2003.

2002 Bicentennial Corporate Sharing Plan
By:	/s/    DENNIS ZELENY
	Dennis Zeleny   Senior Vice President, Global Human Resources

INDEX TO EXHIBIT

Exhibit Number	Description
4(a)	DuPont’s Restated Certificate of Incorporation, effective May 29, 1997, defining the rights of the holders of DuPont Common Stock, incorporated by reference to DuPont’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on June 13, 1997.
4(b)	Terms and Conditions of 2002 Bicentennial Corporate Sharing Plan
5(a)	Opinion of Counsel
23(a)	Consent of Independent Accountants
23(b)	Consent of Stacey J. Mobley, Esq. included in the opinion filed as Exhibit 5 (a) to this Registration Statement
24	Powers of attorney authorizing certain officers to sign this registration statement and amendments thereto on behalf of officers and directors

EX-4.B

                                                                    Exhibit 4(b)

                              TERMS AND CONDITIONS

                                       OF

                    2002 BICENTENNIAL CORPORATE SHARING PLAN

                      E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company




TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF 2002 BICENTENNIAL CORPORATE SHARING PLAN

TERMS AND CONDITIONS APPLICABLE TO STOCK OPTIONS

1.   Exercise Price

     A stock option entitles you to purchase, subject to the limitations set
     forth in these terms and conditions, DuPont common stock at the average
     (rounded to the next higher multiple of 25 cents - unless such average is
     itself a multiple of 25 cents) of the high and low price on the New York
     Stock Exchange (NYSE) Composite Transactions Tape on the grant date.

2.   First Time of Exercisability

     From the grant date to the date prior to July 19, 2003, no shares may be
     purchased under the 2002 Bicentennial Corporate Sharing Plan. On or after
     July 19, 2003, subject to the other terms and conditions contained herein,
     all shares subject to the option may be purchased.

3.   Last Time of Exercisability

     No shares may be purchased under the stock option grant after the earliest
     of the following:

     a.   The day prior to the tenth anniversary of the grant date, or

     b.   Two years after your death, or

     c.   One year following the day on which your employment is terminated due
          to total and permanent disability as such term is defined in
          applicable benefit plans, or

     d.   Three months after termination of employment for any reason other than
          retirement, death, cause, divestiture, lack of work or total and
          permanent disability, or

     e.   The date of termination of your employment for cause.

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     Employees who are terminated as a result of divestiture or lack of work
     will be entitled to retain the options until the day prior to the tenth
     anniversary of the grant date, or until two years after death, whichever
     occurs first. For purposes of these terms and conditions, "divestiture"
     occurs when DuPont's ownership of a sharing plan company falls below fifty
     percent.

     Employees who retire pursuant to the pension or retirement plan or policy
     of a sharing plan company on or after July 8, 2002 (6 months following the
     grant) will be entitled to retain the options until the day prior to the
     tenth anniversary of the grant date, or until two years after death,
     whichever occurs first If, however retirement occurs prior to July 8, 2002,
     no such shares may be purchased and the options will terminate.

     The estate or designated beneficiaries of employees who die on or after
     July 8, 2002 (6 months following the grant) will be entitled to retain the
     options for a period of two years after death. If, however, death occurs
     prior to July 8, 2002, no such shares may be purchased and the options will
     terminate.

     Employees whose employment is terminated on or after July 8, 2002 due to
     total and permanent disability as such term is defined in applicable
     benefit plans will be entitled to retain the options for a period of one
     year after termination. If, however, termination due to total and permanent
     disability occurs prior to July 8, 2002, no such shares may be purchased
     and the options will terminate.

     Employees whose employment is terminated for any reason other than
     retirement, death, cause, divestiture, lack of work or total and permanent
     disability on or after July 18, 2003 will be entitled to retain the options
     for a period of three months after termination. If, however, such
     termination occurs prior to July 18, 2003, no such shares may be purchased
     and the options will terminate.

     Employees whose employment is terminated for cause after July 18, 2003 will
     be entitled to retain the options through their date of termination. If,
     however, termination for cause occurs prior to July 19, 2003, no such
     shares may be purchased and the options will terminate.

4.   Stock Price Hurdle

     Until six months prior to the tenth anniversary of the grant date, options
     are exercisable only after the closing price of DuPont common stock on the
     NYSE-Composite Transactions Tape is 120% or more of the option price for a
     period of five consecutive trading days. Once this stock price hurdle has
     been met, options are exercisable even if the stock price drops below the
     stock price hurdle, provided all other terms and conditions are satisfied.

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5.   Change In Capitalization

     In the event of any stock dividend, other changes in capitalization or
     special distributions to stockholders, an equitable adjustment will be made
     as indicated in Article XII of the 2002 Bicentennial Corporate Sharing Plan
     in the number of shares subject to the stock option and the price per share
     applicable thereto.

6.   Nontransferability and Exercise Upon Death

     During your lifetime, your option is not transferable and shares subject to
     the option may be purchased only by you.

     In the event of your death, your remaining option shares may be purchased
     by the executor or administrator of your estate or in accordance with the
     executor's or administrator's directions, subject to the other terms and
     conditions contained herein. Options exercised after your death are not
     subject to the stock price hurdle described in Article 4 above.

7.   How to Exercise/Payment of Exercise Price

     Exercises of your option to purchase shares of DuPont common stock must be
     made through the designated third-party administrator. At the time of
     exercising any portion of your stock option, it will be necessary to open
     an account and make arrangements with the designated third-party
     administrator for full payment in U.S. dollars on account of shares
     purchased. Payment of the purchase price must be made in cash and/or
     through the sale of the option shares issued pursuant to the exercise. If
     payment is made through the sale of the option shares, the stock will be
     valued at the price received on the sale of the shares on the NYSE the
     trading day following the day your exercise is valued.

     In those countries where an 800 phone exchange service to the designated
     administrator is available, the exercise transaction can be executed over
     the phone. In those countries where this service is not available, the
     exercise transaction can be executed by facsimile of exercise forms to the
     designated third-party administrator or by a long distance phone call.
     Postal delivery of exercise forms is also available, but the exercise will
     not be effective until received by the designated third-party
     administrator. Exercise transactions executed over the phone or received by
     the designated third-party administrator prior to 4 p.m. New York time will
     be valued at the day's closing price for DuPont stock for the purpose of
     withholding requirements and establishing the tax basis for gain/loss on
     future sale. If the exercise day is not a day the NYSE is open, the
     transaction will be valued at the closing price on the next trading day the
     exchange is open.

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     Purchase of shares subject to option will be effected only if you have
     opened an account and notice of such purchase, accompanied by payment (in
     cash and/or sale of option shares) is received by the designated
     third-party administrator on or before the last day allowed for the
     purchase of shares as indicated above.

8.   Minimum Exercise

     You may not purchase at any one time fewer than twenty shares subject to
     the stock option, unless you have fewer than twenty shares remaining
     subject to the stock option.

9.   Satisfying Withholding

     When withholding of national, social, and/or local taxes is required in a
     country, it will be done by the administrator selling option shares issued
     pursuant to the exercise of the option. The number of shares withheld will
     be dependent on the sales price received for the shares on the NYSE on the
     trading day following the day your exercise is valued.

10.  Program Administration

     The decision of the Compensation Committee with respect to any question
     arising as to the interpretation of the 2002 Bicentennial Corporate Sharing
     Plan as it affects these grants, including the severability of any and all
     of the provisions of the Bicentennial Corporate Share Plan, shall be final,
     conclusive and binding.

     No information pertaining to the application, operation or administration
     of this 2002 Bicentennial Corporate Sharing Plan will be made available
     unless the Compensation Committee, in its sole discretion, shall make it
     available.

     Nothing in this 2002 Bicentennial Corporate Sharing Plan shall be deemed to
     give any employee, or any employee's legal representatives or assigns, any
     right to participate in the 2002 Bicentennial Corporate Sharing Plan except
     to such extent, if any, as the Compensation Committee may have determined
     or approved pursuant to the provisions of this 2002 Bicentennial Corporate
     Sharing Plan.

     Grants under this Plan shall not be delivered to any employee or
     beneficiary of any employee in a bargaining unit represented by a union for
     collective bargaining unless and until the site manager has authorized
     delivery of the grant, collective bargaining on the subject has taken
     place, and any requisite obligations thereunder have been fulfilled.

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11.  Incorporation of 2002 Bicentennial Corporate Sharing Plan

     It is understood that in addition to the terms and conditions set forth
     above, which are fixed in accordance with the 2002 Bicentennial Corporate
     Sharing Plan, your grants are also subject to the other applicable
     provisions of the 2002 Bicentennial Corporate Sharing Plan.

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EX-5.A

                                 EXHIBIT 5(a)

June 27, 2003
E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company
1007 Market Street
Wilmington, Delaware 19898

Sir/Madam:

          Reference is made to the Registration Statement being filed by you
with the Securities and Exchange Commission, relating to thirteen million nine
hundred forty-six thousand six hundred (13,946,600) shares of E. I. du Pont de
Nemours and Company (hereinafter called "the Company") $0.30 par value Common
Stock ("Common Stock"). It is my opinion that:

          (a)  the Company is duly organized and existing under the laws of the
               State of Delaware; and

          (b)  all shares of Common Stock so registered are or will when sold,
               be legally issued, fully paid and nonassessable.

          I hereby consent to the use of this opinion in connection with the
above-mentioned Registration Statement.

                                        Very truly yours,




                                        /s/ Stacey J. Mobley
                                        --------------------
                                        Stacey J. Mobley
                                        Senior Vice President
                                        and Chief Administrative
                                        Officer and General Counsel

EX-23.A

                                                                   Exhibit 23(A)

                       Consent of Independent Accountants

We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration
Statement on Form S-8 of our report dated February 24, 2003 relating to the
consolidated financial statements of E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company, which
appears in E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for
the year ended December 31, 2002.



/s/ PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
June 27, 2003

EX-24

                                                                      Exhibit 24

                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

          KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the person whose signature
appears below constitutes and appoints (1) the Senior Vice President and general
Counsel or any Associate General Counsel of E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company
(hereinafter referred to as the "Company"), and (2) the Chief Financial Officer
of the Company, or any Vice President, DuPont Finance, jointly, in his or her
name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to execute and file, or cause
to be filed, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Registration
Statements on Form S-8 relating to DuPont Common stock, $0.30 par value, offered
under various compensation and benefit plans of the Company and its subsidiaries
and affiliates, any and all amendments thereto (including post-effective
amendments), and all matters required by the Commission in connection with such
registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, granting unto said
attorneys-in-fact and agents full power and authority to do and perform each and
every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done as fully to all intents
and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and
confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents may lawfully do or cause
to be done by virtue hereof.

/s/ C. O. Holliday, Jr.                                       10/25/97
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       Director                                                 Date



                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

          KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the person whose signature
appears below constitutes and appoints (1) the Senior Vice President and general
Counsel or any Associate General Counsel of E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company
(hereinafter referred to as the "Company"), and (2) the Chief Financial Officer
of the Company, or any Vice President, DuPont Finance, jointly, in his or her
name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to execute and file, or cause
to be filed, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Registration
Statements on Form S-8 relating to DuPont Common stock, $0.30 par value, offered
under various compensation and benefit plans of the Company and its subsidiaries
and affiliates, any and all amendments thereto (including post-effective
amendments), and all matters required by the Commission in connection with such
registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, granting unto said
attorneys-in-fact and agents full power and authority to do and perform each and
every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done as fully to all intents
and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and
confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents may lawfully do or cause
to be done by virtue hereof.

/s/ A. J. P. Belda                                             6/5/00
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        Director                                                Date



                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

          KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the person whose signature
appears below constitutes and appoints (1) the Senior Vice President and general
Counsel or any Associate General Counsel of E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company
(hereinafter referred to as the "Company"), and (2) the Chief Financial Officer
of the Company, or any Vice President, DuPont Finance, jointly, in his or her
name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to execute and file, or cause
to be filed, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Registration
Statements on Form S-8 relating to DuPont Common stock, $0.30 par value, offered
under various compensation and benefit plans of the Company and its subsidiaries
and affiliates, any and all amendments thereto (including post-effective
amendments), and all matters required by the Commission in connection with such
registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, granting unto said
attorneys-in-fact and agents full power and authority to do and perform each and
every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done as fully to all intents
and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and
confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents may lawfully do or cause
to be done by virtue hereof.

/s/ R. H. Brown
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        Director                                              Date



                                POWER OF ATTORNEY


       KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the person whose signature appears
below constitutes and appoints (1) the Senior Vice President and general Counsel
or any Associate General Counsel of E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company
(hereinafter referred to as the "Company"), and (2) the Chief Financial Officer
of the Company, or any Vice President, DuPont Finance, jointly, in his or her
name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to execute and file, or cause
to be filed, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Registration
Statements on Form S-8 relating to DuPont Common stock, $0.30 par value, offered
under various compensation and benefit plans of the Company and its subsidiaries
and affiliates, any and all amendments thereto (including post-effective
amendments), and all matters required by the Commission in connection with such
registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, granting unto said
attorneys-in-fact and agents full power and authority to do and perform each and
every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done as fully to all intents
and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and
confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents may lawfully do or cause
to be done by virtue hereof.




/s/ C. J. Crawford                                        7/24/99
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         Director                                          Date




                                POWER OF ATTORNEY


       KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the person whose signature appears
below constitutes and appoints (1) the Senior Vice President and general Counsel
or any Associate General Counsel of E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company
(hereinafter referred to as the "Company"), and (2) the Chief Financial Officer
of the Company, or any Vice President, DuPont Finance, jointly, in his or her
name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to execute and file, or cause
to be filed, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Registration
Statements on Form S-8 relating to DuPont Common stock, $0.30 par value, offered
under various compensation and benefit plans of the Company and its subsidiaries
and affiliates, any and all amendments thereto (including post-effective
amendments), and all matters required by the Commission in connection with such
registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, granting unto said
attorneys-in-fact and agents full power and authority to do and perform each and
every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done as fully to all intents
and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and
confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents may lawfully do or cause
to be done by virtue hereof.



/s/ Louisa C. Duemling                                       October 28, 1997
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       Director                                                   Date



                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

     KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the person whose signature appears
below constitutes and appoints (1) the Senior Vice President and general Counsel
or any Associate General Counsel of E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company
(hereinafter referred to as the "Company"), and (2) the Chief Financial Officer
of the Company, or any Vice President, DuPont Finance, jointly, in his or her
name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to execute and file, or cause
to be filed, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Registration
Statements on Form S-8 relating to DuPont Common stock, $0.30 par value, offered
under various compensation and benefit plans of the Company and its subsidiaries
and affiliates, any and all amendments thereto (including post-effective
amendments), and all matters required by the Commission in connection with such
registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, granting unto said
attorneys-in-fact and agents full power and authority to do and perform each and
every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done as fully to all intents
and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and
confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents may lawfully do or cause
to be done by virtue hereof.

/s/ Edward B. du Pont
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       Director                                                      Date



                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

     KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the person whose signature appears
below constitutes and appoints (1) the Senior Vice President and general Counsel
or any Associate General Counsel of E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company
(hereinafter referred to as the "Company"), and (2) the Chief Financial Officer
of the Company, or any Vice President, DuPont Finance, jointly, in his or her
name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to execute and file, or cause
to be filed, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Registration
Statements on Form S-8 relating to DuPont Common stock, $0.30 par value, offered
under various compensation and benefit plans of the Company and its subsidiaries
and affiliates, any and all amendments thereto (including post-effective
amendments), and all matters required by the Commission in connection with such
registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, granting unto said
attorneys-in-fact and agents full power and authority to do and perform each and
every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done as fully to all intents
and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and
confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents may lawfully do or cause
to be done by virtue hereof.

/s/ D. C. Hopkins                                           6/5/00
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                                POWER OF ATTORNEY


     KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the person whose signature appears
below constitutes and appoints (1) the Senior Vice President and general Counsel
or any Associate General Counsel of E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company
(hereinafter referred to as the "Company"), and (2) the Chief Financial Officer
of the Company, or any Vice President, DuPont Finance, jointly, in his or her
name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to execute and file, or cause
to be filed, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Registration
Statements on Form S-8 relating to DuPont Common stock, $0.30 par value, offered
under various compensation and benefit plans of the Company and its subsidiaries
and affiliates, any and all amendments thereto (including post-effective
amendments), and all matters required by the Commission in connection with such
registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, granting unto said
attorneys-in-fact and agents full power and authority to do and perform each and
every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done as fully to all intents
and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and
confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents may lawfully do or cause
to be done by virtue hereof.

/s/ Lois D. Juliber                               10/25/97
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     Director                                       Date



                                POWER OF ATTORNEY


                  KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the person whose
signature appears below constitutes and appoints (1) the Senior Vice President
and general Counsel or any Associate General Counsel of E. I. du Pont de Nemours
and Company (hereinafter referred to as the "Company"), and (2) the Chief
Financial Officer of the Company, or any Vice President, DuPont Finance,
jointly, in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to
execute and file, or cause to be filed, with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, Registration Statements on Form S-8 relating to DuPont Common stock,
$0.30 par value, offered under various compensation and benefit plans of the
Company and its subsidiaries and affiliates, any and all amendments thereto
(including post-effective amendments), and all matters required by the
Commission in connection with such registration under the Securities Act of
1933, as amended, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents full power and
authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary
to be done as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do
in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and
agents may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.


 /s/ G. Lindahl                             5/6/00
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     Director                                Date




                                POWER OF ATTORNEY


              KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the person whose signature
     appears below constitutes and appoints (1) the Senior Vice President and
     general Counsel or any Associate General Counsel of E. I. du Pont de
     Nemours and Company (hereinafter referred to as the "Company"), and (2) the
     Chief Financial Officer of the Company, or any Vice President, DuPont
     Finance, jointly, in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all
     capacities, to execute and file, or cause to be filed, with the Securities
     and Exchange Commission, Registration Statements on Form S-8 relating to
     DuPont Common stock, $0.30 par value, offered under various compensation
     and benefit plans of the Company and its subsidiaries and affiliates, any
     and all amendments thereto (including post-effective amendments), and all
     matters required by the Commission in connection with such registration
     under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, granting unto said
     attorneys-in-fact and agents full power and authority to do and perform
     each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done as fully to
     all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby
     ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents may
     lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

     /s/ M. Naitoh                                    6/6/00
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         Director                                      Date



                                POWER OF ATTORNEY


         KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the person whose signature appears
     below constitutes and appoints (1) the Senior Vice President and general
     Counsel or any Associate General Counsel of E. I. du Pont de Nemours and
     Company (hereinafter referred to as the "Company"), and (2) the Chief
     Financial Officer of the Company, or any Vice President, DuPont Finance,
     jointly, in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to
     execute and file, or cause to be filed, with the Securities and Exchange
     Commission, Registration Statements on Form S-8 relating to DuPont Common
     stock, $0.30 par value, offered under various compensation and benefit
     plans of the Company and its subsidiaries and affiliates, any and all
     amendments thereto (including post-effective amendments), and all matters
     required by the Commission in connection with such registration under the
     Securities Act of 1933, as amended, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact
     and agents full power and authority to do and perform each and every act
     and thing requisite and necessary to be done as fully to all intents and
     purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and
     confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents may lawfully do or
     cause to be done by virtue hereof.


     /s/ William K. Reilly                          Dec 17, 1997
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          Director                                      Date




                                POWER OF ATTORNEY


         KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the person whose signature appears
     below constitutes and appoints (1) the Senior Vice President and general
     Counsel or any Associate General Counsel of E. I. du Pont de Nemours and
     Company (hereinafter referred to as the "Company"), and (2) the Chief
     Financial Officer of the Company, or any Vice President, DuPont Finance,
     jointly, in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to
     execute and file, or cause to be filed, with the Securities and Exchange
     Commission, Registration Statements on Form S-8 relating to DuPont Common
     stock, $0.30 par value, offered under various compensation and benefit
     plans of the Company and its subsidiaries and affiliates, any and all
     amendments thereto (including post-effective amendments), and all matters
     required by the Commission in connection with such registration under the
     Securities Act of 1933, as amended, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact
     and agents full power and authority to do and perform each and every act
     and thing requisite and necessary to be done as fully to all intents and
     purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifylng and
     confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents may lawfully do or
     cause to be done by virtue hereof.

     /s/ H. Rodney Sharp, III                             10/29/97
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             Director                                       Date



                                POWER OF ATTORNEY


         KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the person whose signature appears
     below constitutes and appoints (1) the Senior Vice President and general
     Counsel or any Associate General Counsel of E. I. du Pont de Nemours and
     Company (hereinafter referred to as the "Company"), and (2) the Chief
     Financial Officer of the Company, or any Vice President, DuPont Finance,
     jointly, in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to
     execute and file, or cause to be filed, with the Securities and Exchange
     Commission, Registration Statements on Form S-8 relating to DuPont Common
     stock, $0.30 par value, offered under various compensation and benefit
     plans of the Company and its subsidiaries and affiliates, any and all
     amendments thereto (including post-effective amendments), and all matters
     required by the Commission in connection with such registration under the
     Securities Act of 1933, as amended, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact
     and agents full power and authority to do and perform each and every act
     and thing requisite and necessary to be done as fully to all intents and
     purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and
     confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents may lawfully do or
     cause to be done by virtue hereof.


     /s/ Charles M. Vest                      Dec 17, 1997
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          Director                               Date