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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].
Lonnie Alfred "Bo" Pilgrim (May 8, 1928 – July 21, 2017) was the co-founder of Pilgrim's Pride, which at one time was one of the largest chicken producers in the United States. Pilgrim founded Pilgrim's Pride when he opened a feed store in 1946 in Pittsburg, Texas , with his older brother, Aubrey.
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.
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.
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.
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Gerami reached out to University of Texas at Austin during April 2019, just a month after he first contacted CCU, to try to make a large donation, according to emails acquired through a public ...
Perdue Farms was founded in 1920 by Arthur Perdue [3] with his wife, Pearl Perdue who had been keeping a small flock of chickens. [4] Their son, Frank, joined the company in 1939 at age 19 after dropping out of college at Salisbury University.