Herman Lay
Herman W. Lay | |
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Dallas, Texas , U.S. | |
Occupation(s) | Businessman, philanthropist |
Herman Warden Lay (March 6, 1909 – December 6, 1982) was an American businessman who was involved in potato chip manufacturing with his eponymous brand of Lay's potato chips. He started H.W. Lay Co., Inc., now part of the Frito-Lay corporation, a subsidiary of PepsiCo.[1]
Early life
Lay was born in Charlotte, North Carolina on March 6, 1909.[1][2] His father, Jesse N. Lay, worked for International Harvester, first as a bookkeeper in Charlotte and later as a commercial salesman in Columbia, South Carolina, where the family moved.[1] By 1920, they moved to Greenville, South Carolina.[1] In 1922 his mother died of cancer and his father remarried.[1] He then attended Furman University on an athletic scholarship for two years, but did not graduate.[1][2]
Career
He began his career at
The H.W. Lay & Company merged with The Frito Company in September 1961, creating the largest-selling snack food company in the United States, the Frito-Lay corporation.[1][2][10] In 1965, Herman W. Lay (chairman and chief executive officer of Frito-Lay) and Donald M. Kendall (President and chief executive officer of Pepsi-Cola) merged the two companies and formed PepsiCo, Inc.[11]
A philanthropist, he helped found the Association of Private Enterprise Education (APEE).[3]
Personal life
Lay married Sarah Amelia "Mimi" Harper
Legacy
The
In 1975, Lay received the Golden Plate Award of the American Academy of Achievement.[18]
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i Charlotte Mecklenburg Library Archived April 14, 2013, at archive.today
- ^ a b c d Laura Lee, The Name's Familiar: Mr. Leotard, Barbie, and Chef Boy-Ar-Dee, Pelican Publishing, 1999, p. 159 [1]
- ^ a b The Smith Center for Private Enterprise Studies Archived July 30, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Dirk E. Burhans, Crunch!: A History of the Great American Potato Chip, Terrace Books, 2008, p. 40 [2]
- ^ Frito Lay history
- ^ Happy 50th anniversary, Frito-Lay -- PEPline looks back at FLNA's history Archived February 1, 2013, at archive.today, Pesico Press release, September 29, 2011
- ^ Texas State Historical Association
- ^ "Snack Food Association". Archived from the original on November 29, 2012. Retrieved November 19, 2012.
- ^ Lovedeep Kaur, Advances in Potato Chemistry and Technology, Academic Press, 2009, p. 28 [3]
- ^ The Wall Street Journal, Dallas
- ^ PepsiCo, Our history Archived June 6, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "APSU benefactor, alumna, heiress to Frito-Lay Co. dies". Archived from the original on September 26, 2015. Retrieved April 21, 2015.
- Dallas News, 28 October 2011
- ^ U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Meeting Space
- ^ Furman University scholarships
- ^ Physical Activities Center Furman University.
- ^ "Lay Ornamental Garden". Archived from the original on May 10, 2012. Retrieved November 19, 2012.
- American Academy of Achievement.