About Fred Baur
Fredric John Baur Jr. was an American organic chemist and food storage scientist notable for designing the Pringles packaging. Baur filed for a patent for the tubular Pringles container and for the method of packaging the curved, stacked potato chip in the container in 1966, and it was granted in 1971. 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 master's and PhD degrees at Ohio State University. He also served in the U.S. Navy as an aviation physiologist. He was a resident of Cincinnati, Ohio. Fredric John Baur Jr. (July 14, 1918 – May 4, 2008) was an American organic chemist and food storage scientist notable for designing the Pringles packaging. Russell, Robert M.; Yeager, Robert; Baur, Fred; Dupre, James R. (November 1976). "Bird Problems and Food Storage and Processing Facilities". US patent US3498798A, Fredric J Baur, Harold Kenneth Hawley & Harold Kenneth Hawley, "Packaging of chip-type snack food products", published March 3, 1970, issued March 3, 1970, assigned to Procter and Gamble Co. 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.
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