1. Walter E. Diemer 1904 –1998 Accountant, Inventor

2. Around 1926 Walter Diemer went to work for the Fleer Company, which manufactured candy and gum. Walter worked as an accountant. His office was on the third floor. It was near the office of the president of the company, Gilbert Mustin. Fleer Company Building Sarasota Herald-Tribune – November. 29, 1995

3. When Frank H. Fleer founded bubble gum it was the first time that food coloring used. The only food coloring in the factory was pink. Walter Diemer used this color. That is reason why bubble gum was pink, and ever since then, no one thought to change it. Pink became, and remains, the industry standard.

4. DID YOU KNOW? Dubble Bubble gum was so successful that the Fleer Company sold over a million and a half dollars worth of gum in the first year. Today, the average American chews 300 sticks of gum a year. Did you know that chewing gum has been around for over 900 years? http://www.ideafinder.com/history/inventions/bubblegum.htm

5. Many doctors, however, said it was unhealthy. In 1869, one wrote that chewing gum would "exhaust the salivary glands and cause the intestines to stick together." In the United States alone, there are about 20 chewing gum manufacturers, with the Wrigley Company being the largest. In the United States, total retail sales of chewing gum (including bubble gum) is over $2.0 billion. http://www.ideafinder.com/history/inventions/bubblegum.htm

6. They can't make chocolate-flavored chewing gum. Unfortunately, the cocoa butter in chocolate acts as an emulsifier on chewing gum base, making it extremely soft, negatively affecting the chewing quality of the product. But why is bubble gum pink? Bubble gum is pink because when the big moment arrived, when destiny came calling on Walter Diemer, pink was the one and only shade of food coloring he had nearby. http://www.ideafinder.com/history/inventions/bubblegum.htm

7. Bibliography Herald Tribune – Pennsylvania http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1755&dat=19951129&id=i6AeAAAAIBAJ &sjid=y3wEAAAAIBAJ&pg=4619,5703337 History of Bubble Gum http://www.ideafinder.com/history/inventions/bubblegum.htm Idea Finder http://www.ideafinder.com/history/inventions/bubblegum.htm Notable People http://www.nndb.com/people/422/000162933/ Pennsylvania People http://www.cbsd.org/curriculum/library/papeople/Pages/2_Diemer.aspx