https://padlet.com/rhicks3/p3p3n6bh7eyh Made with a quick smile en-us 2018-01-31 14:24:07 UTC 2025-11-30 23:33:30 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Lightdecrease.png rhicks3 https://padlet.com/rhicks3/p3p3n6bh7eyh/wish/226587905 I became chief chemist director of research for Griffith Laboratories of Chicago.  
#Lit Loyd]]> 2018-01-31 14:52:17 UTC https://padlet.com/rhicks3/p3p3n6bh7eyh/wish/226587905 rhicks3 https://padlet.com/rhicks3/p3p3n6bh7eyh/wish/226591452 I discovered curing salts for the preserving of and processing of meats. 
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]]> 2018-01-31 14:58:04 UTC https://padlet.com/rhicks3/p3p3n6bh7eyh/wish/226591452 rhicks3 https://padlet.com/rhicks3/p3p3n6bh7eyh/wish/226593433 I revolutionized the meat packing industry, single handed. 
#Lit Loyd ]]> 2018-01-31 15:01:04 UTC https://padlet.com/rhicks3/p3p3n6bh7eyh/wish/226593433 rhicks3 https://padlet.com/rhicks3/p3p3n6bh7eyh/wish/226595465 I introduced flash dried salts in 1930, 26 years before The Flash came. 
#Lit Loyd]]> 2018-01-31 15:04:01 UTC https://padlet.com/rhicks3/p3p3n6bh7eyh/wish/226595465 rhicks3 https://padlet.com/rhicks3/p3p3n6bh7eyh/wish/226852860 I also introduced the use of antioxidants to prevent spoilage of fats and oils in bakery products, and later pioneered a special process that used ethylene oxide gas to control the growth of molds and bacteria in spices, gums, and cereals.
# Lit Loyd]]> 2018-01-31 23:52:02 UTC https://padlet.com/rhicks3/p3p3n6bh7eyh/wish/226852860 rhicks3 https://padlet.com/rhicks3/p3p3n6bh7eyh/wish/226853581 My variations of the process, known as Ethylene Oxide Vacugas treatment, were later used to sterilize disposable hospital goods, in aseptic packaging for dairy and pharmaceutical products, and in the treatment of cosmetic powders, eye makeup, and baby talc.
#Lit Loyd]]> 2018-01-31 23:58:25 UTC https://padlet.com/rhicks3/p3p3n6bh7eyh/wish/226853581 rhicks3 https://padlet.com/rhicks3/p3p3n6bh7eyh/wish/226853775 I helped develop the hydrolyzed plant protein, which proved a versatile and highly effective food flavor fortifier. 
#Make America Green Again #Lit Loyd]]> 2018-01-31 23:59:46 UTC https://padlet.com/rhicks3/p3p3n6bh7eyh/wish/226853775 rhicks3 https://padlet.com/rhicks3/p3p3n6bh7eyh/wish/226854068 Over the years I was granted more than 100 patents for processes used in food manufacturing and packaging.
# Idea$+Pereverance= Mulla #Lit Loyd]]> 2018-02-01 00:01:43 UTC https://padlet.com/rhicks3/p3p3n6bh7eyh/wish/226854068 rhicks3 https://padlet.com/rhicks3/p3p3n6bh7eyh/wish/226854449 I was the first black man to hold a position of such prominence in a major industrial company in the United States. 
#Lit Loyd]]> 2018-02-01 00:05:15 UTC https://padlet.com/rhicks3/p3p3n6bh7eyh/wish/226854449 rhicks3 https://padlet.com/rhicks3/p3p3n6bh7eyh/wish/226854569 My father was a Baptist minister and his paternal grandfather was founder and first pastor of the Quinn Chapel A.M.E. Church, Chicago's first and oldest black church. 
# Lit Son Lit dad #Lit Loyd]]> 2018-02-01 00:06:28 UTC https://padlet.com/rhicks3/p3p3n6bh7eyh/wish/226854569 rhicks3 https://padlet.com/rhicks3/p3p3n6bh7eyh/wish/226854687 I first became interested in the sciences in high school, where, as one of only five black students, excelling in both academic work and extracurricular activities.
#Lit Loyd]]> 2018-02-01 00:07:32 UTC https://padlet.com/rhicks3/p3p3n6bh7eyh/wish/226854687 rhicks3 https://padlet.com/rhicks3/p3p3n6bh7eyh/wish/226854865 Upon graduating in 1912, I received four scholarships to study at Illinois Universities. 
#Come and Get Me    #Lit Loyd]]> 2018-02-01 00:08:42 UTC https://padlet.com/rhicks3/p3p3n6bh7eyh/wish/226854865 rhicks3 https://padlet.com/rhicks3/p3p3n6bh7eyh/wish/226855055 I enrolled at Northwestern and graduated with a B.S. in Pharmaceutical Chemistry in 1916. I then went on to complete graduate work in chemistry at the University of Chicago.
#College Completed      #Lit Loyd]]> 2018-02-01 00:09:56 UTC https://padlet.com/rhicks3/p3p3n6bh7eyh/wish/226855055 rhicks3 https://padlet.com/rhicks3/p3p3n6bh7eyh/wish/226855250 Following a series of painful rejections from organizations unwilling to hire a Negro chemist, Later, secured a job with the Chicago Department of Health Laboratories. They were more scared then Nikola Tesla when he saw the Ice on my wrist. 
#Call Out        #Rolex           #Lit Loyd]]> 2018-02-01 00:11:40 UTC https://padlet.com/rhicks3/p3p3n6bh7eyh/wish/226855250 rhicks3 https://padlet.com/rhicks3/p3p3n6bh7eyh/wish/226855792 Within a year I had risen to the position of senior chemist. In 1919, after completing wartime service as assistant chief inspector of powder and high explosives for the Ordinance Department of the U.S. Army, I was offered the job of chief chemist at John Morrell & Company, an Iowa-based meat-packing concern.
#Call Sylvester Stallone     #Movin Up  #Lit Loyd]]> 2018-02-01 00:16:07 UTC https://padlet.com/rhicks3/p3p3n6bh7eyh/wish/226855792 rhicks3 https://padlet.com/rhicks3/p3p3n6bh7eyh/wish/226856270 The following year I became president and chemical director of the Chemical Products Corporation, a Chicago-based consulting laboratory.
#Mr. President                      #Lit Loyd]]> 2018-02-01 00:20:14 UTC https://padlet.com/rhicks3/p3p3n6bh7eyh/wish/226856270 rhicks3 https://padlet.com/rhicks3/p3p3n6bh7eyh/wish/226856457 When I combined sodium chloride, sodium nitrate, and sodium nitrite in an effort to create a superior meat-curing product, encountered one major—and seemingly insurmountable—obstacle. The nitrate and nitrite worked much faster than the sodium chloride, causing the meat to disintegrate before it was properly preserved. 
#Lit Loyd]]> 2018-02-01 00:21:33 UTC https://padlet.com/rhicks3/p3p3n6bh7eyh/wish/226856457 rhicks3 https://padlet.com/rhicks3/p3p3n6bh7eyh/wish/226857027 Within a short time, I came up with the revolutionary idea of enclosing trace amounts of nitrate and nitrite inside crystals of sodium chloride, so that the sodium chloride could dissolve first, thus preserving the meat before the nitrogen-containing salts were released.
#Smart Guy         #Lit Loyd]]> 2018-02-01 00:23:08 UTC https://padlet.com/rhicks3/p3p3n6bh7eyh/wish/226857027 rhicks3 https://padlet.com/rhicks3/p3p3n6bh7eyh/wish/226857136 I was able to accomplish this by producing a strong solution of sodium chloride, adding small amounts of nitrate and nitrite, and then "flash drying" the solution by evaporating it over heated metal rollers. Once patented, my flash-dried crystals became the most widely used and most effective meat-curing product on the market.
#$$$$ #Lit Loyd]]> 2018-02-01 00:23:56 UTC https://padlet.com/rhicks3/p3p3n6bh7eyh/wish/226857136 rhicks3 https://padlet.com/rhicks3/p3p3n6bh7eyh/wish/226857460  I later developed a highly successful anti-caking compound composed of glycerine and alkali metal tartrate, which, when added to the sodium chloride and nitrate solution before flash drying, produced more powdery, freer-flowing crystals. The compound also prevented the salts from absorbing excess moisture when stored in drums and other containers.
#Lit Loyd]]> 2018-02-01 00:26:15 UTC https://padlet.com/rhicks3/p3p3n6bh7eyh/wish/226857460 rhicks3 https://padlet.com/rhicks3/p3p3n6bh7eyh/wish/226857666 I also turned my creative genius to the problem of microbial contamination in foods and food products. Although it was widely believed that spices helped to preserve foods, I discovered that many of the most commonly used seasonings, such as cloves, ginger, and garlic powder, harbored large numbers of dangerous molds, yeasts, and bacteria. Thus, meat packers and other manufacturers who added spices to their products were actually contaminating them. 
#Lit Loyd]]> 2018-02-01 00:28:07 UTC https://padlet.com/rhicks3/p3p3n6bh7eyh/wish/226857666 rhicks3 https://padlet.com/rhicks3/p3p3n6bh7eyh/wish/226858136 Once I had determined that ethylene oxide was as effective in destroying food-borne microbes as it was in killing insects, I had to come up with a way of removing moisture and gases from the surface and interior of the foodstuff so that the germ-killing effect could take place. My solution was to subject the foodstuff to a vacuum, and then introduce ethylene oxide gas into the vacuum chamber so that the material could be sterilized. The temperature of the gas and the length of exposure varied according to the microbes present. 
#Lit Loyd]]> 2018-02-01 00:31:52 UTC https://padlet.com/rhicks3/p3p3n6bh7eyh/wish/226858136 rhicks3 https://padlet.com/rhicks3/p3p3n6bh7eyh/wish/227240747 I became the first to use the chemicals lecithin, propyl gallate, and ascorbyl palmitate as antioxidants, and later developed processes that made it easy to mix these chemicals with the foods to be protected.
#Lit Loyd]]> 2018-02-01 19:30:39 UTC https://padlet.com/rhicks3/p3p3n6bh7eyh/wish/227240747 rhicks3 https://padlet.com/rhicks3/p3p3n6bh7eyh/wish/227241599 I also gained wide recognition for my work with hydrogen hydrolysates, or flavoring materials derived from the hydrolysis, or breaking down, of a variety of proteins. My pioneering efforts in this area convinced Griffith Laboratories to open a large manufacturing facility devoted to protein hydrolysates. 
#That Guy #Lit Loyd]]> 2018-02-01 19:32:12 UTC https://padlet.com/rhicks3/p3p3n6bh7eyh/wish/227241599 rhicks3 https://padlet.com/rhicks3/p3p3n6bh7eyh/wish/227243533 My pioneering efforts in this area convinced Griffith Laboratories to open a large manufacturing facility devoted to protein hydrolysates. I later became interested in the development of yeast foods, detergents, and vitamins, and in 1951, an associate and I won a patent for a process that not only reduced the curing time for bacon from two weeks to several hours, but also improved the product's appearance and stability.]]> 2018-02-01 19:35:30 UTC https://padlet.com/rhicks3/p3p3n6bh7eyh/wish/227243533 rhicks3 https://padlet.com/rhicks3/p3p3n6bh7eyh/wish/227244809 I have had much sucess in my career. I made much money, and did a great job in my spot as President. Your turn Trump. ]]> 2018-02-01 19:37:41 UTC https://padlet.com/rhicks3/p3p3n6bh7eyh/wish/227244809 rhicks3 https://padlet.com/rhicks3/p3p3n6bh7eyh/wish/227660691 http://go.galegroup.com/ps/retrieve.do?tabID=T002&resultListType=RESULT_LIST&searchResultsType=MultiTab&searchType=BasicSearchForm&currentPosition=1&docId=GALE%7CEJ2116104041&docType=Biography&sort=RELEVANCE&contentSegment=&prodId=MSIC&contentSet=GALE%7CEJ2116104041&searchId=R2&userGroupName=litt18129&inPS=true ]]> 2018-02-02 19:56:56 UTC https://padlet.com/rhicks3/p3p3n6bh7eyh/wish/227660691