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 2006.
Company history
The Maytag Washing Machine Company was founded in 1893 by businessman Frederick Maytag. In 1925, ...
company. In the early 1940s, he and
Robert E. Maytag (born 1923), both sons of
Elmer Henry Maytag Elmer Henry Maytag (September 18, 1883 – 20 July 1940) was the Maytag Corporation president starting in 1926. He also founded the Maytag Dairy Farms.
Biography
He was born on September 18, 1883, to Frederick Louis Maytag I and had as a broth ...
, created a cheese plant and storage caves on
Maytag Dairy Farms
Maytag Dairy Farms, based in Newton, Iowa USA ,is a manufacturer of blue cheese and other food products.
History
Maytag Dairy Farms was established in 1941 by Frederick Louis Maytag II. The history of the business dates back to 1919, when F ...
to take advantage of a process developed by
Iowa State University
Iowa State University of Science and Technology (Iowa State University, Iowa State, or ISU) is a public land-grant research university in Ames, Iowa. Founded in 1858 as the Iowa Agricultural College and Model Farm, Iowa State became one of the ...
researchers to make
blue cheese using homogenized milk. He was married and had a son named
Frederick Louis Maytag III.
References
1911 births
1962 deaths
People from Iowa
Frederick Louis II
People from Newton, Iowa
20th-century American businesspeople
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