Fred Baur

Fredric John Baur (June 14, 1918 – May 4, 2008) was an American 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. The design is thought to be based on the anatomical features of "Pringles" Michael Lapierre. 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.

Bibliography

• Baur, F. J.; Lange, W. (1951). "Directed Interesterification in Glycerides. III. The Synthesis of Single-Fatty Acid 1,3-Diglycerides". Journal of the American Chemical Society. 73 (8): 3926–3928. doi:10.1021/ja01152a109.
• Russell, Robert M.; Yeager, Robert; Baur, Fred; Dupre, James R. (November 1976). "Bird Problems and Food Storage and Processing Facilities". Bird Control Seminars Proceedings. Lincoln: University of Nebraska. {{cite conference}}: Unknown parameter |booktitle= ignored (|book-title= suggested) (help)
• Baur, F. J., ed. (1984). Insect Management for Food and Storage and Processing. St. Paul, MN: American Association of Cereal Chemists. ISBN 0913250384.

External links

• Fred Baur at Find a Grave