BIO: Howard Kellogg, Jr.; Buffalo, Erie, Co., NY

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History of Northwestern New York: Erie, Niagara, Wyoming, Genesee and
Orleans Counties.
Lewis Historical Pub. Company, pub. about 1947 (?)
Vol. 3 Biographies

HOWARD KELLOGG, Jr.

As executive vicepresident of Spencer Kellogg & Sons. Inc., Howard Kellogg,
Jr., occupies a position of responsibility in Buffalo business life. This
company has for years been outstanding in the manufacture of vegetable oils,
producing linseed, soybean, cocoanut and castor oils at different
manufacturing centers, maintaining headquarters in Buffalo.

Mr. Kellogg was born October 21. 1908, in Buffalo, New York, son of Howard
Kellogg (see accompanying record) and Cyrena Allen (Case) Kellogg, and
attended the Nichols School, in Buffalo, where he was graduated in 1927, also
attending Harvard University, class of 1931. He first became associated with
Spencer Kellogg & Sons, the firm founded by his grandfather, in 1928.
Subsequently he became an officer of the company, having been made a
vicepresident and a director in 1933 and executive vicepresident in 1943. He
continues thus to the time of writing and in this connection performs a
service important to the Buffalo community and to the field of industry.

"S-K" products, as they are known, are produced in nine plants throughout the
United States, with a total output of six hundred million pounds of oil and
one billion, five hundred million pounds of meal and related products. The
company supplies a warehouseful of special oils for such diversified products
as varnish, salad oil, synthetic oil, hair tonic, leather, ink and airplane
hydraulic systems. World War II had the effect of cutting off many S-K raw
materials. Even flax became very scarce. As one company statement wittily
declared, "S-K has been forced into more conversion than many a manufacturer
who has flipflopped from mattresses to machine guns." But the statement added:
"Thus S-K has more products for peacetime." Tung oil from China, used in
waterproof paints and varnishes, was replaced. for instance by "Synthenol,"
refined from castor oil. Such specialties as "Kellin," "Esskol," "Durkellin
W." "“Kel-X-L," "Kelapol," and "Keilvitol." were developed to solve technical
problems of paint and varnish manufacturing. Soybean products like "Solinox"
and "Soya Solinox" were made to replace castor oil. Big steps in soyybean
refining have been particularly productive of new outlooks and new industrial
developments. Soybean oils do not have the rapid drying qualities of linseed
oil, so the company through research developed a soy bean oil called “Drisoy”
which is a fitting substitute in paints. Des Moines is now the center (1945)
of construction of a $3,000,000 soybean solvent plant with a daily capacity of
three hundred tons, and a similar plant is under construction at Bellevue.
Ohio. Many new products are constantly being tested in the Spencer Kellogg &
Sons administration building in Buffalo.

Howard Kellogg, Jr., is also active in Buffalo civic life. He belongs to the
chamber of commerce, the Wanakah Country Club, the Buffalo Tennis and Squash
Club and other groups. In spare time he enjoys tennis, golf and squash.

On December 29, 1928, in Westminster Church, Buffalo, New York, Howard
Kellogg, Jr., married Mary Frances Larkin, daughter of John D. Larkin. Jr.,
and Edna (Crate) Larkin. Mrs. Kellogg attended Westover Academy, in
Connecticut, before her marriage. The Kelloggs became the parents of the
following children: 1. Howard Kellogg, 3d, born August 12, 1930. 2. Durrant
Kellogg, born February 19, 1932. 3. Allen Kellogg, born March 8, 1934
(deceased). 4. Stephen Kellogg, born September 15. 1937. 5. Brian Kellogg,
born December 31, 1940. 6. Linda Larkin Kellogg, born December 8, 1945.

The Kelloggs live at "Lochevan," Derby, the home established by Spencer
Kellogg many years ago.