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born: 1903-09-09
category: Psychics & Remote Viewers
died: 1985-09-17
location: Denver, Colorado
summary: Marcella Miller du Pont was an heiress to the du Pont chemical and weapons
  production conglomerate and a passionate supporter of ESP research.
tags:
- Person
- RemoteViewer
---

Marcella Miller du Pont was an heiress to the du Pont chemical and weapons production conglomerate and a passionate supporter of [ESP](/concepts/extrasensory-perception/) research. She was a key financial backer of [Andrija Puharich](/people/andrija-puharich/)'s [Round Table Foundation](/organizations/round-table-foundation/) and held the honorary title of "mother of magic" within the organization.[^1]

According to documents from the Library of Congress, it was du Pont who first brought the Round Table Foundation to the attention of top-tier government officials, including Admiral John E. Gingrich, the director of security and intelligence for the [Atomic Energy Commission](/organizations/atomic-energy-commission/).[^1]

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[^1]: Jacobsen, Annie. *Phenomena: The Secret History of the U.S. Government's Investigations into Extrasensory Perception and Psychokinesis*. Little, Brown and Company, 2017.