W. L. Maxson, Inventor, Dead Boston--William L. Maxson, 49, inventor and president of the New York Engineering Manufacturing Corporation which boars his name, died last night at Baptist hospital following an operation. Maxson, who was graduated from the United States Naval academy in 1921, devised a method of precooking and quick-freezing entire meals for he naval air transport service during the war. Maxson served in the navy until 1935 when he resigned to organize he Maxson corporation. One of .the company's earliest products was a computing gasoline pump invented by Maxson. Maxson was a native of Necetah, WI. His father. O. H. Maxson, was a superintendent of schools at St. Cloud, Minn. He lived at West Orange, N. J. His wife, son and two daughters survive.
July 15, 1947
The Winona Republican-Herald from Winona, Minnesota
William Leslie Maxson, 49, jovial, rotund engineer and industrialist; of cancer; in Boston. Maxson, for 15 years a U.S. Navy officer, was blessed by dyers for two big aids in long-distance flying: 1) his invention of a process to precook and quick-freeze complete meals for easy preparation during flight; 2) his "robot navigator," a mechanical computer for quick solution of complex celestial navigation problems.
Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones, Jul. 28, 1947 | 7/28/1947
Comment offered by jis daughter, Sally M. Jones:
The family has often speculated on what else he would have invented if he had lived a longer life. His interests were so diverse, everything from food to engineering . He even started a trout farm and hatchery in Massachusetts a few years before he died. It was a huge 500 acre piece of land at the foot of the berkshires with an aquifer underneath it that was amazing. He put in a lake where the largest trout lived, and he had 1000 ft. Long canal like waterways called runs where the trout were kept according to size. He supplied trout to most of the east coast primarily to stock lakes and streams but obviously some were sold to food suppliers. He was a man of many diverse interests and I wish I had gotten to know him as an adult. My mother said that while he was a physically lazy man his mind was always going working on some idea or other.
July 15, 1947
The Winona Republican-Herald from Winona, Minnesota
William Leslie Maxson, 49, jovial, rotund engineer and industrialist; of cancer; in Boston. Maxson, for 15 years a U.S. Navy officer, was blessed by dyers for two big aids in long-distance flying: 1) his invention of a process to precook and quick-freeze complete meals for easy preparation during flight; 2) his "robot navigator," a mechanical computer for quick solution of complex celestial navigation problems.
Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones, Jul. 28, 1947 | 7/28/1947
Comment offered by jis daughter, Sally M. Jones:
The family has often speculated on what else he would have invented if he had lived a longer life. His interests were so diverse, everything from food to engineering . He even started a trout farm and hatchery in Massachusetts a few years before he died. It was a huge 500 acre piece of land at the foot of the berkshires with an aquifer underneath it that was amazing. He put in a lake where the largest trout lived, and he had 1000 ft. Long canal like waterways called runs where the trout were kept according to size. He supplied trout to most of the east coast primarily to stock lakes and streams but obviously some were sold to food suppliers. He was a man of many diverse interests and I wish I had gotten to know him as an adult. My mother said that while he was a physically lazy man his mind was always going working on some idea or other.
W. L. Maxson, Inventor, Dead Boston--William L. Maxson, 49, inventor and president of the New York Engineering Manufacturing Corporation which boars his name, died last night at Baptist hospital following an operation. Maxson, who was graduated from the United States Naval academy in 1921, devised a method of precooking and quick-freezing entire meals for he naval air transport service during the war. Maxson served in the navy until 1935 when he resigned to organize he Maxson corporation. One of .the company's earliest products was a computing gasoline pump invented by Maxson. Maxson was a native of Necetah, WI. His father. O. H. Maxson, was a superintendent of schools at St. Cloud, Minn. He lived at West Orange, N. J. His wife, son and two daughters survive.
July 15, 1947
The Winona Republican-Herald from Winona, Minnesota
William Leslie Maxson, 49, jovial, rotund engineer and industrialist; of cancer; in Boston. Maxson, for 15 years a U.S. Navy officer, was blessed by dyers for two big aids in long-distance flying: 1) his invention of a process to precook and quick-freeze complete meals for easy preparation during flight; 2) his "robot navigator," a mechanical computer for quick solution of complex celestial navigation problems.
Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones, Jul. 28, 1947 | 7/28/1947
Comment offered by jis daughter, Sally M. Jones:
The family has often speculated on what else he would have invented if he had lived a longer life. His interests were so diverse, everything from food to engineering . He even started a trout farm and hatchery in Massachusetts a few years before he died. It was a huge 500 acre piece of land at the foot of the berkshires with an aquifer underneath it that was amazing. He put in a lake where the largest trout lived, and he had 1000 ft. Long canal like waterways called runs where the trout were kept according to size. He supplied trout to most of the east coast primarily to stock lakes and streams but obviously some were sold to food suppliers. He was a man of many diverse interests and I wish I had gotten to know him as an adult. My mother said that while he was a physically lazy man his mind was always going working on some idea or other.
July 15, 1947
The Winona Republican-Herald from Winona, Minnesota
William Leslie Maxson, 49, jovial, rotund engineer and industrialist; of cancer; in Boston. Maxson, for 15 years a U.S. Navy officer, was blessed by dyers for two big aids in long-distance flying: 1) his invention of a process to precook and quick-freeze complete meals for easy preparation during flight; 2) his "robot navigator," a mechanical computer for quick solution of complex celestial navigation problems.
Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones, Jul. 28, 1947 | 7/28/1947
Comment offered by jis daughter, Sally M. Jones:
The family has often speculated on what else he would have invented if he had lived a longer life. His interests were so diverse, everything from food to engineering . He even started a trout farm and hatchery in Massachusetts a few years before he died. It was a huge 500 acre piece of land at the foot of the berkshires with an aquifer underneath it that was amazing. He put in a lake where the largest trout lived, and he had 1000 ft. Long canal like waterways called runs where the trout were kept according to size. He supplied trout to most of the east coast primarily to stock lakes and streams but obviously some were sold to food suppliers. He was a man of many diverse interests and I wish I had gotten to know him as an adult. My mother said that while he was a physically lazy man his mind was always going working on some idea or other.
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