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Don't Pass Us By

Few individuals have had a more humble entry into life than Dr. George Washington Carver. Fewer still have made more significant and lasting contributions.

Born of slave parents about 1860 on a tiny farm near Diamond Grove, Miss., Dr. Carver built a boyhood interest in plants and rocks into a 50-year career applying scientific principles to farming.

He worked his way through Iowa State College as a cook, a janitor and by taking in laundry. Graduating in 1894, he accepted the position of assistant botanist, but soon was recruited by Dr. Booker T. Washington, and joined the faculty at Tuskeegee Institute in 1896.

Remaining at Tuskeegee until he died in 1943, Dr. Carver revolutionized agriculture. He is heralded for creating more than 300 products based on the peanut alone. More importantly, perhaps, he taught farmers how to make the land more productive… for themselves and for mankind.

His legacy is felt throughout the food industry today, and we at ITT Continental Baking Company are inspired and challenged by his deeds. We are proud to acknowledge him as a symbol of the many, many other black men and women born in urban or rural poverty who rose to provide leadership in science, industry, government and the arts. They gave us all hope. Like Dr. George Washington Carver, they dignify life.

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