THANK WENDELL HERRETT FOR
COUGAR GOLD CHEESE ‘END CUTS’
Story by News for CougGroup
on 2/26/2019
When you read the obituary
for Wendell Herrett (Aug. 19, 1930-Dec. 3, 2018) ...
... you learn many things
including that he graduated from the University of Idaho in Dairy Science and was
a U.S. Air Force pilot. He "worked mainly in the Dairy Industry"
before retiring from WSU in 1994.
Here's the rest of the story
thanks what Dan Coonrad, Washington State University Retriees Assn. president,
wrote in the association Winter 2018-2019 newsletter:
"He ... worked for a
number of years on Dairies before coming to WSU. He went to work for the WSU
Creamery and worked in the cheese making process. If you are like us and enjoy
'end cuts' of Cougar Gold Cheese, Wendell was the man behind that idea."
And, more rest of the story
… Shortly after Wendell joined the Creamery, apparently in about 1981, he “suggested
the name change from ‘bits’ to ‘end cuts’ along with packaging them in
specially marked cans. That suggestion changed what had been a marketing burden
into a boon for the Creamery and a good deal” for local residents as initially
the Creamery sold ‘end cuts’ only on Tuesday mornings, said Marc Bates, WSU
Creamery director, 1974-2000.
