Frederick Louis Maytag II
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Frederick Louis Maytag II (January 8, 1911 – November 4, 1962) was president, and later, the chairman of the Maytag
Company. In the early 1940s, he and Robert E. Maytag (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
out of cow's milk instead of traditional sheep's milk. He married and had as his son, Frederick Louis Maytag III.
Maytag
Maytag Corporation is an American home and commercial appliance company, headquartered in Newton, Iowa, that is a division of the Whirlpool Corporation.-Company history:...
Company. In the early 1940s, he and Robert E. Maytag (1923- ), both sons of Elmer Henry Maytag
Elmer Henry Maytag
Elmer Henry Maytag was the Maytag Corporation president starting in 1926. He also founded the Maytag Dairy Farms.-Biography:...
, created a cheese plant and storage caves on Maytag Dairy Farms
Maytag Dairy Farms
Maytag Dairy Farms is a manufacturer of blue cheese and other cheeses based in Newton, Iowa. It was established in 1941 by Frederick Louis Maytag II.- History :...
to take advantage of a process developed by Iowa State University
Iowa State University
Iowa State University of Science and Technology, more commonly known as Iowa State University , is a public land-grant and space-grant research university located in Ames, Iowa, United States. Iowa State has produced astronauts, scientists, and Nobel and Pulitzer Prize winners, along with a host of...
researchers to make blue cheese
Blue cheese
Blue cheese is a general classification of cow's milk, sheep's milk, or goat's milk cheeses that have had cultures of the mold Penicillium added so that the final product is spotted or veined throughout with blue, blue-gray or blue-green mold, and carries a distinct smell, either from that or...
out of cow's milk instead of traditional sheep's milk. He married and had as his son, Frederick Louis Maytag III.