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Old 12-28-2005, 09:05 PM
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Originally posted by dznat187
I always wanted to do a rush shirt based ont eh Betty Crocker logo, since the founder/CEO is a DZ and there is a funny rrumor betty herself was a DZ (even though she is a fictional character). . . .
Interesting. Just wondering, who that "founder/CEO" was? The reason I ask is that General Mills mentions Betty Crocker on its corporate history web page, and indicates that it was a name made up in 1921 to respond to questions about cooking sent in by customers. At that time General Mills was still the Washburn-Crosby Company; the corporate name didn't become General Mills until 1928. Since the founders were men from the Washburn and Crosby families, was there a woman who was the "CEO" of Washburn-Crosby in 1921? Was she a Washburn? A Crosby? Or married to one?

The General Mills history page is at

http://www.generalmills.com/corporat...y/history.aspx
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