Elmer Henry Maytag (September 18, 1883 – 20 July 1940) was the
Maytag Corporation
The Maytag Corporation is an American home and commercial appliance company owned by Whirlpool Corporation since April 2006.
Company history
The Maytag Washing Machine Company was founded in 1893 by businessman Frederick Maytag. In 1925, ...
president starting in 1926. He also founded the
Maytag Dairy Farms.
Biography
He was born on September 18, 1883, to
Frederick Louis Maytag I
Frederick Louis Maytag I (July 14, 1857 – March 26, 1937) also known as F. L. Maytag, founded the Maytag Company, which eventually became the Maytag Corporation which was acquired by the Whirlpool Corporation in 2006.
Birth
F.L. Maytag was b ...
and had as a brother
Lewis Bergman Maytag. He married Ora Kennedy and had as his children:
Frederick Louis Maytag II Frederick Louis Maytag II (January 8, 1911 – November 4, 1962) was President and, later, Chairman of the Maytag
The Maytag Corporation is an American home and commercial appliance company owned by Whirlpool Corporation since April 20 ...
, Mary Louise Maytag (1916-?),
Robert E. Maytag (1923-1962), and Elizabeth J. Maytag (1925-?)
Elmer died in 1940 in
Lake Geneva, Wisconsin.
References
1883 births
1940 deaths
People from Iowa
Elmer Henry
20th-century American businesspeople
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