frederick louis maytag ii (january 8, 1911 – november 4, 1962) was president and, later, chairman of the maytag company. in the early 1940s, he and robert e. maytag (1923- ), both sons of elmer henry maytag, created a cheese plant and storage caves on maytag dairy farms to take advantage of a process developed by iowa state university researchers to make blue cheese using homogenized milk he married and had as his son frederick louis maytag iii.