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Jay Catherwood Hormel (September 11, 1892 – August 30, 1954) was the son of George A. Hormel, founder of Hormel Foods, and was head of the company from 1929 to 1954.
Hormel was the son of Jay Catherwood Hormel and grandson of George A. Hormel, the founder of Hormel Foods.He claimed to have invented the corndog when he was a teenager growing up in Minnesota [4] [5] In the 1950s and 1960s, Hormel composed music for numerous television shows including The Fugitive, Lassie, Naked City and The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin.
Hormel was born in Buffalo, New York, in 1860 to German immigrant John George Hormel, a leather tanner, and Susannah "Susan" Hormel (née Decker), and later settled in Austin, Minnesota. [1] At the age of twelve, he began working in a Chicago packinghouse. [2] Hormel married Lilian Belle Gleason in 1892. [3]
In 1937, in Austin, Minnesota, Hormel Foods combined pork, water, salt, sugar and sodium nitrate, looking for a way to profit off the then-undesirable pork shoulder.
Throughout the 1930s, Hormel ads were featured on the radio program The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show. [12] Hormel Chili and Spam were introduced in 1936 and 1937 respectively. [13] [8] In 1938, Jay C. Hormel introduced the "Joint Savings Plan" which allowed employees to share in the profits of the company. [14]
The beloved sketch comedy show aired its first episode on October 11, 1975. Sunday's anniversary special — broadcast live from Studio 8H at 30 Rockefeller Plaza, as always — saw the return of ...
James Catherwood Hormel (January 1, 1933 – August 13, 2021) was an American philanthropist, LGBT activist, diplomat, and heir to the Hormel meatpacking fortune. He served as the United States Ambassador to Luxembourg from 1999 to 2001, and was the first openly gay man to represent the United States as an ambassador.
Named in honor of Jay Catherwood Hormel, the son of Hormel Foods Corporation founder George A. Hormel, his private estate forms the original land of the park. Jay C. Hormel Nature Center features an Interpretive Center, the Ruby Rupner Auditorium, the "big gneiss rock", a Welcome Circle and over ten miles of hiking trails. Along the trails ...