F. Gilbert Lamb
Co-founder 1950Background
Lamb was an Oregon food processor and inventor whose mechanical approach to cutting potatoes shaped the company's early growth in the Pacific Northwest.
Role at Lamb Weston Holdings, Inc.
F. Gilbert 'Gib' Lamb founded the company that became Lamb Weston in Weston, Oregon in 1950, initially processing frozen vegetables. In 1960 he developed the Lamb Water Gun Knife, a system that uses water pressure to propel potatoes through a grid of blades, producing uniform French fries at high speed. The invention became a foundation of industrial fry production. F. Gilbert Lamb was born in 1915.