Oral history interview of Aldrich C. Bloomquist, 1990-1992.

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Oral history interview of Aldrich C. Bloomquist, 1990-1992.

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Aldrich C. Bloomquist discusses his early life and education; working as a newspaper reporter and his transition to the beet sugar industry; his role in the purchase of American Crystal Sugar Company and its transformation into a farmer-owened cooperative and one of the largest sugar producers in the United States; the political realities of the sugar business; international factors in determining sugar prices; competition with other sweetners; and the similarities and differences between beet and cane production and marketing.

Sound recordings : 9 master and 9 user sound cassettes (60 min. ea.).Transcript : 135 pages ; 28 cm.

Minnesota Historical Society Library

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Fogerty, James E., 1945-

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Bloomquist, Aldrich C.,

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Aldrich C. Bloomquist was born in Willmar, Minnesota, and became a major figure in the development of American Crystal Sugar Company and in the beet sugar industry in the United States. He served as American Crystal's Vice President for Public Affairs for many years and as CEO from 1990-1992. He was named "Sugar Man of the Year" by the National Sugar Association in 1997 - the youngest person to receive that award. He also receieved the Siehl Prize for Excellence in Agriculture in 1994 from the U...

American Crystal Sugar Company

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The American Beet Sugar Company, predecessor of the American Crystal Sugar Company, was incorporated on March 24, 1899. The new company consolidated under one management four beet sugar companies that had been established by Henry Oxnard during the preceding decade. Oxnard's interest in the sugar industry had been influenced by his father, Thomas, an entrepreneur who had successfully operated cane sugar refineries in Louisiana, Boston, and Brooklyn. In 1887 Henry had traveled to Eur...