[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 80 (Tuesday, May 25, 2010)]
[House]
[Pages H3773-H3775]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                     RECOGNIZING WILL KEITH KELLOGG

  Mr. LYNCH. Mr. Speaker, I move to suspend the rules and agree to the 
resolution (H. Res. 1172) recognizing the life and achievements of Will 
Keith Kellogg.
  The Clerk read the title of the resolution.
  The text of the resolution is as follows:

                              H. Res. 1172

       Whereas Will Keith (W.K.) Kellogg, through his 
     experimentation and entrepreneurship, revolutionized eating 
     habits around the world; promoted healthy living for families 
     and communities; patriotically assisted the United States 
     during World War II; created the Kellogg Company, which has 
     produced a wide variety of popular foods for more than 100 
     years and has developed memorable cultural icons; and formed 
     the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, which promotes a vision of 
     healthy living around the world;
       Whereas Will Keith (W.K.) Kellogg was born on April 7, 
     1860, and died at the age of 91 on October 6, 1951;
       Whereas, April 7, 2010, will mark the celebration of the 
     150th anniversary of W.K. Kellogg's birth;
       Whereas W.K. Kellogg and his brother Dr. John Harvey 
     Kellogg developed the first breakfast cereal, Kellogg's Corn 
     Flakes, in Battle Creek, Michigan, on April 1, 1906;
       Whereas W.K. Kellogg strongly promoted healthy eating and 
     fitness throughout his career;
       Whereas the Kellogg Company has produced many nutritious 
     foods for 104 years;
       Whereas consumer awareness of nutrition has long been a 
     major priority of the Kellogg Company;
       Whereas innovative packing and nutrition labels developed 
     by the Kellogg Company have gone on to become standard 
     practice in the food industry;
       Whereas breakfast cereals have revolutionized eating habits 
     in the United States and around the world;
       Whereas the Kellogg Company has created memorable 
     characters that have become cultural icons, including ``Tony 
     the Tiger'' and ``Snap, Crackle, and Pop'';
       Whereas during the Great Depression, W.K. Kellogg 
     pronounced his faith in the United States by announcing 
     ``I'll invest my money in people'';
       Whereas the production facilities of the Kellogg Company 
     played a key role in assisting the engineering efforts of the 
     United States Armed Forces during World War II;
       Whereas families in the United States often sent food 
     products from the Kellogg Company to soldiers serving in 
     foreign countries;
       Whereas for his contributions to the United States during 
     World War II, W.K. Kellogg was awarded the Army-Navy ``E'' 
     Flag for Excellence;
       Whereas the Apollo 11 astronauts brought Kellogg's 
     breakfast cereal into outer space in 1969, during their 
     successful mission to the moon;
       Whereas the Kellogg Company has maintained its social 
     responsibility by supporting a number of different 
     organizations, such as the United Negro College Fund, the 
     Statue of Liberty-Ellis Island renewal project, and 
     organizations that fought apartheid in South Africa;
       Whereas the Kellogg Company has been working to combat 
     obesity and is joining together with more than 40 of the 
     Nation's largest retailers, nonprofit organizations, 
     manufacturers, and trade associations to launch the Healthy 
     Weight Commitment Foundation to promote healthy living in 
     homes, schools, and workplaces;
       Whereas the Kellogg Foundation was begun by W.K. Kellogg to 
     bolster the health of children in Battle Creek, Michigan;
       Whereas the W.K. Kellogg Foundation today promotes health, 
     education, agriculture, and family economic security 
     throughout the world;
       Whereas the Kellogg Company manufactures its products in 18 
     countries and sells them to people in 180 different 
     countries;
       Whereas the Kellogg Company currently has production 
     facilities in 14 States, including: California, Georgia, 
     Illinois, Kansas, Kentucky, Michigan, Nebraska, New Jersey, 
     North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Utah, and 
     Washington; and
       Whereas W.K. Kellogg created a legacy of healthy living, 
     patriotism, and entrepreneurism that endures to this day: 
     Now, therefore, be it
       Resolved, That the House of Representatives recognizes the 
     150th anniversary of the birth of Will Keith Kellogg and his 
     contributions to the citizens of the United States and the 
     people of the world.

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to the rule, the gentleman from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Lynch) and the gentleman from Missouri (Mr. 
Luetkemeyer) each will control 20 minutes.
  The Chair recognizes the gentleman from Massachusetts.


                             General Leave

  Mr. LYNCH. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that all Members may 
have 5 legislative days within which to revise and extend their remarks 
and add any extraneous materials.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the 
gentleman from Massachusetts?
  There was no objection.
  Mr. LYNCH. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume.
  On behalf of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, I 
present House Resolution 1172 for consideration. This legislation 
recognizes the life and achievements of a renowned American 
industrialist and philanthropist, Mr. Will Keith Kellogg.
  Introduced by my colleague and friend, Representative Mark Schauer of 
Michigan, on March 11, 2010, House Resolution 1172 was favorably 
reported out of the Oversight Committee on May 20, 2010, by unanimous 
consent. And, additionally, this legislation enjoys the support of over 
50 Members of Congress.
  Mr. Speaker, on behalf of the Committee on Oversight and Government 
Reform, I present House Resolution 1172 for consideration. This 
legislation recognizes the life and achievements of a renowned American 
industrialist and philanthropist, Mr. Will Keith Kellogg.
  Introduced by my colleague, Representative Mark Schauer of Michigan, 
on March 11th, 2010, House Resolution 1172 was favorably reported out 
of the Oversight Committee on May 20th, 2010 by unanimous consent. 
Additionally, this legislation enjoys the support of over fifty members 
of Congress.
  A longtime resident of the city of Battle Creek, Michigan, W.K. 
Kellogg, the founder of the famed Kellogg Company, was born on April 
7th, 1860. While Mr. Kellogg lacked a formal education beyond the 6th 
grade, he was always an aspiring businessman and at the age of 14, 
began his business career selling brooms for a living.
  At the age of 20, Mr. Kellogg moved to Battle Creek to work at the 
Battle Creek Sanitarium, where his brother, Dr. John Harvey Kellogg, 
served as physician-in-chief. It was at the sanitarium where Mr. 
Kellogg and his brother first began experimenting with grains in order 
to improve the vegetarian diet of the hospital's patients.
  The Kellogg brothers' efforts proved groundbreaking, as the year 1894 
marked W.K. Kellogg's discovery of a process for making flaked cereal. 
The new cereal was an instant favorite among the sanitarium's patients 
and soon became available through mail order to accommodate the 
requests of hundreds of hospital guests.
  In 1906, Mr. Kellogg officially entered the cereal business and 
founded the Battle Creek Toasted Corn Flake Company--which later became 
the Kellogg Company. Notably, the Kellogg Company product line 
reflected Mr. Kellogg's belief that the entire populace--and not just 
those on special diets--would be interested in healthy cereal foods. 
Accordingly, Mr. Kellogg continually sought to improve his breakfast 
cereals--eventually discovering that a better flake was produced by 
using only the corn grit or ``sweet heart of the corn''--and the 
Kellogg Company quickly became an industry leader in terms of 
innovative packing and nutritional labeling.
  As Mr. Kellogg's company quickly expanded its operations to locations 
such as Australia and England, the Kellogg Company continued to play a 
key economic role in Battle Creek and across the United States. During 
the Great Depression, Mr. Kellogg, who famously announced that he would 
invest his money in his people, expanded his facilities in Battle 
Creek--thereby bringing much-needed jobs to his hometown. Similarly, he 
directed his Battle Creek plant to offer four work shifts of six hours 
each, so as to spread the payroll among more workers.

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  The Kellogg Company also played an instrumental role during World War 
II, as the company provided packaged rations for the United States 
armed forces. In addition, Kellogg Company engineering personnel made 
use of the company's production facilities in support of United States 
armed forces engineering efforts. And in recognition of the company's 
contribution to the American war effort, Mr. Kellogg received the Army-
Navy ``E'' Flag for excellence.
  In addition to his pioneering contributions to the food industry and 
his devotion to promoting healthy living around the world, Mr. Kellogg 
is also remembered as a dedicated philanthropist. Notably, in 1930, 
President Herbert Hoover named Mr. Kellogg to serve as a delegate to 
the White House Conference on Child Health and Protection, and in his 
continued efforts to assist young people, Mr. Kellogg subsequently 
established the W.K. Kellogg Child Welfare Foundation. The foundation, 
now known as the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, serves to provide a variety 
of educational, healthcare, and other opportunities to vulnerable 
children.
  Moreover, Mr. Kellogg donated millions of dollars to a variety of 
hometown causes throughout his life, including the establishment of the 
Ann J. Kellogg School for Handicapped Children and the construction of 
a civic auditorium, a junior high school, and a youth recreation center 
in Battle Creek.
  Mr. Speaker, after a lifetime of remarkable achievements in the world 
of business and a dedicated commitment to public service, W.K. Kellogg 
passed away on October 6th, 1951, at the age of 91. It is my hope that 
we honor the life and achievements of Mr. Kellogg through the passage 
of House Resolution 1172. Notably, this legislation is as timely as it 
is fitting, as this past April marked the 150th Anniversary of Mr. 
Kellogg's birth.
  At this time I yield 5 minutes to the lead sponsor of this 
resolution, the gentleman from Michigan (Mr. Schauer).
  Mr. SCHAUER. Thank you, Mr. Lynch.
  Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of House Resolution 1172 to 
commemorate the extraordinary life of Will Keith Kellogg. W.K. Kellogg 
represents the embodiment of the American Dream. With an education only 
through the sixth grade, Mr. Kellogg rose out of the stockyards of 
Battle Creek, my home town in Michigan, to become one of the most 
influential industrialists and philanthropists in American history.
  Now, in the 150th year since his birth, through both the Kellogg 
Company and the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, he continues to touch the 
lives of millions throughout the country and the world. Through the 
invention of the ready-to-eat breakfast cereal in 1906, W.K. Kellogg 
provided widespread access to a broad spectrum of vitamins and minerals 
for the first time. Think about this: W.K. Kellogg stood up an entire 
industry that didn't exist before he invented the corn flake in Battle 
Creek, Michigan.
  Breakfast cereal has grown to become one of the most widely eaten 
foods around the world. In many countries, fortified cereal breakfast 
foods represent one of the few readily available sources of essential 
micronutrients. A nutrition and health visionary, W.K. Kellogg hired 
the first dietician to work in the food industry, was the first to 
print nutrition labels on packaging, and believed strongly in educating 
consumers to empower them to make good nutritional choices. With the 
number of obese and overweight children on the rise, W.K. Kellogg's 
message about nutritional awareness continues to resonate throughout 
our country.
  W.K. Kellogg formed a foundation which bears his name. During the 
Great Depression, he announced, I'll invest my money in people. Today, 
through the Kellogg Foundation, his legacy lives on. From the $64 
million he set aside to ease the suffering of children during the Great 
Depression, the Kellogg Foundation now boasts assets of over $8 billion 
and grants upwards of $200 million each year to charitable 
organizations, especially those aimed at benefiting children.
  W.K. Kellogg would be proud of the Kellogg Company's work to attack 
childhood obesity and the Kellogg Foundation's grant-making to promote 
education and health and eliminate poverty and racism.
  As we commemorate the 150th anniversary of his life, we should remind 
ourselves of the increasing importance that a healthy lifestyle plays 
in our lives and also remember that, in America, anything is possible.
  Mr. LUETKEMEYER. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may 
consume.
  I rise today in support of House Resolution 1172, recognizing the 
life and achievements of Will Keith Kellogg. Will Keith Kellogg, who 
was known worldwide as W.K. Kellogg, was a great American marketer, 
philanthropist, patriot, and great revolutionary of the health food 
industry.
  Mr. Kellogg and his brother ran the Battle Creek Sanitarium, a local 
health resort where he became interested in nutrition. Mr. Kellogg 
found a process to use corn grain to create light flakes that many 
guests in the sanitarium enjoyed. While his brother was skeptical, Mr. 
Kellogg said, I sort of feel in my bones that we're preparing a 
campaign for a food which will eventually prove to be the leading 
cereal in the United States, if not the world.
  Kellogg was also the first company to put a nutritional label on its 
products, signifying the importance of nutrition in everyday living. 
Mr. Kellogg worked long hours to get his products to the market. He 
began to manufacture products in 18 countries and sell them to people 
in 180 different countries, with production facilities in 14 States.
  He believed in the hands-on approach by walking through factories and 
observing operations daily. He was the first in the corporate world to 
offer extended benefits and services to his workers. He was 
particularly interested in helping children in 1927 when he opened a 
nursery at his main plant to accommodate the needs of his female 
employees with children.
  In 1930 the W.K. Kellogg Child Welfare Foundation was established 
with a first donation consisting of more than $66 million in Kellogg 
Company stock and other investments from Kellogg himself. The 
foundation believes that children are the world's future, and they 
depend on families, communities, and society at large to nurture and 
protect them.
  In reflecting on his success, Mr. Kellogg once said, I confess at the 
time I little realized the extent to which the food business might 
develop in Battle Creek. Kellogg made sure to establish and maintain a 
partnership between the small town of Battle Creek and its quickly 
growing company.

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  During the Great Depression, Kellogg showed his patriotism and love 
of his country and community by his concerns for his fellow workers' 
welfare. He created more shifts so that more family men could be hired, 
directing his cereal plant to work four shifts, lasting 6 hours, 
helping the Battle Creek community.
  W.K. Kellogg was an American entrepreneur and breakfast 
revolutionary. He stressed the importance of American made and American 
duty. Upon retiring from his company in 1938, he remained a chairman of 
the board and very involved in Kellogg's placement in the market. Mr. 
Kellogg was diagnosed with glaucoma and spent the last of his life 
blind but continued to visit his company's plants with his seeing-eye 
dog.
  When he passed away in 1951, W.K. Kellogg left America a legacy of 
healthy living, patriotism, and entrepreneurism that still endures 
today.
  With that, Mr. Speaker, seeing no other speakers, I urge the support 
of passage of House Resolution 1172.
  I yield back the balance of my time.
  Mr. LYNCH. Mr. Speaker, I appreciate the gentleman's kind words and 
also the words of the gentleman from Michigan (Mr. Schauer).
  I would just add one last point, and that is that the Kellogg Company 
also played an instrumental role during World War II as the company for 
the first time provided packaged rations for the United States Armed 
Forces.
  In addition, during World War II, Kellogg Company engineering 
personnel made use of the company's production facilities in support of 
the United States Armed Forces engineering efforts. In recognition of 
the company's contribution to the American war effort, Mr. Kellogg 
received the Army-Navy E Flag for excellence.
  With that, I would just ask Members on both sides of the aisle to 
support Mr. Schauer in his resolution.
  I yield back the balance of our time.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Serrano). The question is on the motion 
offered by the gentleman from

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Massachusetts (Mr. Lynch) that the House suspend the rules and agree to 
the resolution, H. Res. 1172.
  The question was taken.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. In the opinion of the Chair, two-thirds 
being in the affirmative, the ayes have it.
  Mr. LYNCH. Mr. Speaker, I object to the vote on the ground that a 
quorum is not present and make the point of order that a quorum is not 
present.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to clause 8 of rule XX and the 
Chair's prior announcement, further proceedings on this motion will be 
postponed.
  The point of no quorum is considered withdrawn.

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