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He invented the first perfusion pump with Charles Lindbergh opening the way to organ transplantation. Carrel was also a pioneer in tissue culture , transplantology and thoracic surgery. He is known for his leading role in implementing eugenic policies in Vichy France .
Jack Carroll Massey (June 15, 1904 – February 15, 1990) was an American venture capitalist and entrepreneur who owned Kentucky Fried Chicken, co-founded the Hospital Corporation of America, and owned one of the largest franchisees of Wendy's. [1] [2] He was the first American businessman to take three different companies public.
Robert Carl Baker (December 29, 1921 – March 13, 2006) was an American inventor and Cornell University professor. He invented the chicken nugget as well as many other poultry-related inventions. Due to his contributions to the poultry sciences, he is a member of the American Poultry Hall of Fame.
John Y. Brown took six months to call Colonel Sanders back. From then on it was a life that changed the fast-food restaurant industry, impacting places like Chi-Chi’s, Rally’s and Kenny Rogers ...
Andrew J. Toti (24 July 1915 – 20 March 2005) was an American inventor [1].Toti was born in Visalia, California, and died in Modesto, California [1].He held more than 500 U.S. patents at the time of his death [1].
In the early 1950s, approximately the same time as Colonel Harlan Sanders began franchising his KFC restaurant chain, Phelan developed the broasting method of cooking chicken, for which he invented a modified commercial-grade pressure cooker. [clarification needed] He founded the Broaster Company in 1954 to manufacture and market the machines.
Charles Richard Drew (June 3, 1904 – April 1, 1950) was an American surgeon and medical researcher. He researched in the field of blood transfusions, developing improved techniques for blood storage, and applied his expert knowledge to developing large-scale blood banks early in World War II.
It's been quite the week for cult fitness companies Equinox and SoulCycle after many customers cancelled their memberships and threatened to boycott both businesses indefinitely.