Key People

VELDON M. HIX, Ph.D. Research Manager Veldon graduated from the University of Idaho in 1961 with a B.S. in Animal Science. He continued his education at Michigan State University where he received M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Food Science in 1963 and 1966, respectively. He worked at Quaker Oats Company, then spent a number of years at Rogers Brothers Company before joining Miles Willard Technologies. Veldon has been published in several important industry publications such as Cereal Foods World, Potato Processing, and Snack Foods Processing. He is a member of the Institute of Food Technologists, the American Association of Cereal Chemists, and the American Institute of Baking. Veldon has been the research manager for Miles Willard Technologies since 1980. He is a co-inventor on the following US Patents: 4,650,687 - Float frying and dockering methods for controlling the shape and preventing distortion of single- and multi-layered snacks 4,879,126 - Method for preventing distortion in shape of fried strand-like expanded snacks 4,889.733 - Method for controlling puffing of a snack product 4,889,737 - Fried snack product having dockering holes therein 4,931,303 - Method of controlling the surface bubbling of fabricated snack products 4,994,295 - Controlled surface bubbling of fabricated snack products 5,100,686 - Corn rings and method of manufacture 5,192,574 - Corn rings and method of manufacture (C.I.P.) 5,366,749 - Process and product of making a snack from composite dough Veldon enjoys geneology, reading, golfing, and spending time with his wife, children and grandchildren.