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Jun 14, 1918 Toledo, Ohio, United States Died on 04 May 2008 (aged 89)
creator of Pringles can
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About Fred Baur
- Fredric John "Fred" Baur (June 14, 1918 – May 4, 2008) was an American organic chemist and food storage technician notable for designing and patenting the Pringles packaging.
- Baur filed for a patent for the tubular Pringles container and for the method of packaging the curved, stacked chips in the container in 1966, and it was granted in 1970.
- His other accomplishments included development of frying oils and freeze-dried ice cream.
- Baur was a graduate of the University of Toledo in Toledo, Ohio and received both his Masters and PhD degrees at The Ohio State University.
- He also served in the U.S.
- Navy as an aviation physiologist.
- He was a resident of Cincinnati, Ohio. Some of Baur's ashes were buried in a Pringles can at his request.
- Baur's children said they honored his request to bury him in one of the cans by placing part of his cremated remains in a Pringles container in his grave in suburban Springfield Township.
- The rest of his remains were placed in an urn buried along with the can, with some placed in another urn and given to one of Baur's grandchildren.
