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Frederick Louis Maytag II (January 8, 1911 – November 4, 1962) was President and, later, Chairman of the Maytag company.[1] In the early 1940s, he and Robert E. Maytag (born 1923), both sons of Elmer Henry Maytag, created a cheese plant and storage caves on Maytag Dairy Farms to take advantage of a process developed by Iowa State University researchers to make blue cheese using homogenized milk.[2] He was married and had a son named Frederick Louis Maytag III.[3][4]
References
[edit]- ^ "Fred Maytag Dies. Head of Washing-Machine Company for 20 Years Led Company Since '40. Other Business Affiliations Support to Education". New York Times. November 5, 1962.
- ^ "Celebs and chefs make Maytag Blue a cheese to envy". Retrieved 2007-02-14. [dead link]
- ^ Ingham, John (1983). Biographical Dictionary of American Business Leaders. Greenwood Press. ISBN 0-313-23908-8.
- ^ "Died". Time. November 16, 1962. Archived from the original on February 19, 2011. Retrieved 2007-07-21.
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