Will Keith Kellogg
Will Keith Kellogg | |
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Born | William Keith Kellogg April 7, 1860 Battle Creek, Michigan, U.S. |
Died | October 6, 1951 Battle Creek, Michigan, U.S. | (aged 91)
Resting place | Oak Hill Cemetery, Battle Creek |
Occupation(s) | Industrialist, farmer |
Known for | Founder of Kellogg Company |
Spouses | Ella Davis (m. 1880)Carrie Staines Kellogg
(m. 1918) |
Children | 5 |
Relatives | John Harvey Kellogg (brother) |
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Will Keith Kellogg (born William Keith Kellogg;
Early career
As a young businessman, Kellogg started out selling brooms in his hometown of
John Kellogg described the Sanitarium system as "a composite physiologic method comprising hydrotherapy, phototherapy, thermotherapy, electrotherapy, mechanotherapy, dietetics, physical culture, cold-air cure, eugenics, and health training".[7]
The Kelloggs pioneered the process of making flaked cereal. Because of the commercial potential of the discovery, W.K. wanted it kept a secret. However, John allowed anyone in the sanitarium to observe the flaking process and one sanitarium guest, C. W. Post, copied the process to start his own company. That company became Post Cereals and, later, General Foods, the source of Post's first million dollars. That upset W.K. to the extent that he left the sanitarium to create his own company.
Kellogg cereals
Together with his brother J.H. Kellogg, W.K. Kellogg promoted cereals, especially corn flakes (maize), as a healthy breakfast food. They started the Sanitas Food Company around 1897, focusing on the production of their whole-grain cereals. At the time, the standard breakfast for the well-off was eggs and meat, while the poor ate porridge, farina, gruel and other boiled grains. The brothers eventually argued over the addition of sugar to their product. In 1906, Will founded the Battle Creek Toasted Corn Flake Company, which later became the Kellogg Company.
In 1930, he established the W. K. Kellogg Foundation, ultimately donating $66 million to it.[4] His company was one of the first to put nutrition labels on foods. He also offered the first inside-the-box prize for children.[8] Kellogg said, "I will invest my money in people."
During the Great Depression, Kellogg directed his cereal plant to work four shifts, each lasting six hours. This gave more people in Battle Creek the opportunity to work during that time.[9]
Arabian horse breeder
Kellogg had a longtime interest in
In 1932, Kellogg donated the ranch, which had grown to 750 acres (304 hectares), to the University of California. In 1933, the ranch obtained some of the horses sold in the dispersal of Brown's Maynesboro stud.[12] During
In 1948, the ranch was transferred to the
The ranch was also the location of the W. K. Kellogg Airport (not to be confused with the airport of the same name in Battle Creek, Michigan). It operated from 1928 to 1932, and was then the largest privately owned airport in the country.[15]
Some of Kellogg's property near Battle Creek was donated to Michigan State College and is now the Kellogg Biological Station.
Death
Will Keith Kellogg died at the age of 91 in Battle Creek, Michigan, on October 6, 1951, of circulatory illness.[16] He was buried there at Oak Hill Cemetery.[17]
Kellogg outlived most of his children but was survived by two of them, Karl Hugh (d. 1955) and Elizabeth Ann (d. 1966), as well as grandsons Norman Williamson, Jr. (d. 2001) and Will Keith Kellogg II (d. 2005).
Philanthropy
The Kellogg Foundation quotes W.K. as follows:
It is my hope that the property that kind Providence has brought me may be helpful to many others, and that I may be found a faithful steward.
The philanthropy of W. K. Kellogg is recognized as instrumental to the founding of California State Polytechnic University, Pomona (Cal Poly Pomona) and Kellogg College, Oxford.[18]
See also
Notes
References
- ^ Riley, Sabrina (June 5, 2023). "Kellogg, Will Keith". Encyclopedia of Seventh-Day Adventists. Retrieved November 25, 2023.
- ^ "Will Keith Kellogg". www.nndb.com.
- ^ "Kellogg's Corn Flakes presented in Non Famous section". July 20, 2019. Archived from the original on July 20, 2019. Retrieved September 29, 2022.
- ^ a b "promomagazine.com". promomagazine.com. Archived from the original on February 8, 2012.
- OCLC 994687774.
- ^ "Famous Kellogg family visit Braintree to discover family history". September 22, 2018. Retrieved January 20, 2023.
- ^ Kellogg, J.H., M.D., Superintendent (1908). The Battle Creek Sanitarium System. History, Organisation, Methods. Michigan: Battle Creek. p. 13. Retrieved October 30, 2009.
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- OCLC 33275999.
- ^ Roeder, Walter H. (Fall 1988). "Jadaan, The Sheik, and the Cereal Baron". The Cal Poly Scholar. 1. University Library: 99–103. Archived from the original on September 9, 2006.
- ^ Dudley, Aaron. "JADAAN: The Horse That Valentino Rode", The Western Horseman, March 1952, reprinted at Windt im Walt Farm, web site accessed April 5, 2010
- ^ Kirkman, Mary (2012). "Domestic Arabians". Arabian Horse Bloodlines. Arabian Horse Association. Archived from the original on September 5, 2012. Retrieved August 26, 2012.
- ^ History of Cal Poly Pomona Archived April 26, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ W. K. Kellogg Arabian Horse Library Archived December 6, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Roeder, Walter H. (Fall 1989). "The W. K. Kellogg Airport". The Cal Poly Scholar. 2. University Library: 129–134. Retrieved March 15, 2012.
- ^ "W.K. Kellogg, 91, Dead in Michigan". The New York Times. Battle Creek, Michigan (published October 7, 1951). AP. October 6, 1951. p. 87.
- ISBN 9780307907288– via Google Books.
- ^ The Philanthropy Hall of Fame, W.K. Kellogg Archived October 18, 2014, at the Wayback Machine
Sources
- "W.K Kellogg Foundation". Retrieved October 6, 2006.
- "Inventor of the Week: Archive". Lemelson-MIT Program. Archived from the original on March 10, 2005. Retrieved October 6, 2006.
- "Will Keith Kellogg – People of Michigan". NSTATE, LLC. Retrieved October 6, 2006.
- "100 Years: An Overview". Kellogg's Company. Archived from the original on November 2, 2006. Retrieved October 6, 2006.
Further reading
- Howard Markel (2018). The Kelloggs: The Battling Brothers of Battle Creek. Vintage. ISBN 978-0307948373.