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	Gerry Thomas - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Gerry Thomas (1922-2005) is an American salesman who is traditionally credited with inventing the TV dinner while working for Swanson in 1954, even though he did not own a television himself.
		Thomas became a sales manager after Swanson was acquired by Campbell Soup in 1955.
		Gerry Thomas' claim to have invented the TV dinner has been debunked by the Los Angeles Times.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Gerry_Thomas (252 words)

	Thomas Edison - Open Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Thomas Edison was born in Milan, Ohio and grew up in Port Huron, Michigan.
		Thomas Edison began his career as an inventor in Newark, New Jersey with the stockticker and improved telegraphic devices being invented there, but the invention which first gained Edison wide fame was the phonograph in 1877.
		Thomas Edison submitted his last patent application, "Holder for Article to be Electroplated", on January 6, 1931 and died later that year.
	open-encyclopedia.com /Thomas_Edison (2308 words)

	Gerry Thomas, father of the TV Dinner, dead at 83 - Boston.com - Celebrity news - A&E (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Gerry Thomas, the former poultry-company executive who helped marry American television with mealtime as inventor of the TV Dinner, has died at age 83, his family said on Wednesday.
		Thomas, honored with a Hollywood ceremony in 1999 to mark the 45th anniversary of his innovation, died of cancer at a Phoenix hospice on Monday after a long illness, according to his wife, Susan Mills Thomas.
		A decorated World War II veteran, Thomas was a marketing executive at C.A. Swanson and Sons in the 1950s when he conceived of the frozen TV Dinner as a solution to the company's post-Thanksgiving surplus of turkeys.
	www.boston.com /ae/celebrity/articles/2005/07/20/gerry_thomas_father_of_the_tv_dinner_dead_at_83 (520 words)

	Gerry Thomas, inventor of TV dinners, dies - Boston.com - Nation - News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Gerry Thomas, who changed the way Americans eat -- for better or worse -- with his invention of the TV Dinner during the baby boom years, has died at 83.
		Thomas, who died at a Phoenix hospice center on Monday after a bout with cancer, was a salesman for Omaha, Neb.-based C.A. Swanson and Sons in 1954 when he got the idea of packaging frozen meals in a disposable aluminum-foil tray, divided into compartments to keep the foods from mixing.
		Thomas relished the credit he got for his invention and even kept the original prototype tray and packaging for the TV Dinner, Susan Thomas said.
	www.boston.com /news/nation/articles/2005/07/20/tv_dinner_inventor_gerry_thomas_dies (857 words)

	Blog of Death: Gerry Thomas (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		A marketing executive for C.A. Swanson and Sons, Thomas was visiting a distributor when he saw a single-compartment metal tray that was being developed to serve hot meals on airplanes.
		Thomas received a $100 raise and a $1,000 bonus for his invention, and was inducted into the Frozen Food Hall of Fame.
		Thomas died on July 18 of liver cancer.
	www.blogofdeath.com /archives/001479.html (478 words)

	Gerry Thomas, inventor of the TV dinner, dies at 83
		Thomas passed away Monday at a Phoenix hospice after a long battle with cancer, according to his family.
		Thomas, who also was a member of the Paradise Valley Town Council for two years ending in 1998, generally went unrecognized for his invention of the frozen dinner in an aluminum tray until the late 1990s.
		A Nebraska native, Thomas served as a U.S. Army intelligence officer and was awarded a Bronze Star for his efforts to break a Japanese code during the Battle of Okinawa 60 years ago.
	www.azcentral.com /arizonarepublic/local/articles/0720nethomas20.html (533 words)

	Gerry Thomas Dies; Cooked Up TV Dinner
		Gerry Thomas, 83, the Nebraska marketing whiz who became an innovator of the TV dinner when he developed an ingenious way to dispose of excess Thanksgiving turkey, died July 18 at a hospice in Phoenix.
		Thomas was immortalized in the Frozen Food Hall of Fame, run by the American Frozen Food Institute, and won a place on the Hollywood Walk of Fame (his handprints were featured alongside a tray print).
		Thomas was given a $100 raise and a bonus of $1,000, which he considered substantial at the time.
	www.washingtonpost.com /wp-dyn/content/article/2005/07/20/AR2005072002422.html (872 words)

	Swim Ontario
		Gerry was a Club Director from 1972 to 1984, including one year as President, and he was also Western Region Director in 1979-1980.
		Gerry was the SNC Board’s liaison to the Swimmers With A Disability (SWAD) Committee from 1994 to 1997, and became qualified as a technical SWAD classifier in 1997.
		Gerry Thomas and his wife, Maureen, also a Master Official, are still very involved with officiating and are highly visible on pool decks, especially in the western Lake Ontario vicinity.
	www.swimontario.com /articledetail.php?id=261 (682 words)

	The Seattle Times: Obituaries: Gerry Thomas, 83, creator of TV Dinners, dies
		Thomas, who died of cancer at a Phoenix hospice Monday, was a salesman for Omaha, Neb.-based C.A. Swanson and Sons in 1954 when he got the idea of packaging frozen meals in disposable aluminum-foil trays, divided into compartments to keep the foods from mixing.
		Thomas recalled that the inspiration for the TV Dinner came when he was visiting a distributor, spotted a metal tray and was told it was developed for an experiment in the preparation of hot meals on airliners.
		Thomas relished the credit he got for his invention and even kept the original prototype tray and packaging for the TV Dinner, said his wife, Susan.
	seattletimes.nwsource.com /html/obituaries/2002393189_dinnerobit21.html (460 words)

	USATODAY.com - Gerry Thomas, inventor of the TV dinner, dies at 83 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		PHOENIX (AP) — Gerry Thomas, credited with inventing the TV Dinner more than a half-century ago and giving it its singular name, has died at 83.
		Thomas, who died in Paradise Valley on Monday after a bout with cancer, was a salesman for Omaha-based C.A. Swanson and Sons in 1954 when he got the idea of packaging frozen meals in a foil tray, divided into compartments to keep the foods from mixing.
		In a 1999 Associated Press interview, Thomas recalled that the inspiration for the TV Dinner came when he was visiting a distributor, spotted a metal tray and was told it was developed for an experiment in the preparation of hot meals on airliners.
	www.usatoday.com /life/lifestyle/2005-07-20-thomas-death_x.htm (740 words)

	BBC NEWS \| World \| Americas \| Death of a 'TV dinner' salesman
		Gerry Thomas, the US salesman who brought the concept of the TV dinner to the world, has died of cancer aged 83.
		Gerry Thomas' initial brainwave in 1953 was a clever solution to his company's post-Thanksgiving surplus of turkey.
		Mr Thomas, then a marketing executive for CA Swanson and Sons, of Nebraska, had been handed the challenge of finding a home for 270 tons of unused poultry.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/world/americas/4703523.stm (751 words)

	Gerry Thomas; invented TV Dinner
		Thomas died of cancer Monday at a Phoenix hospice center.
		In a 1999 interview, Thomas recalled that the inspiration for the TV Dinner came when he was visiting a distributor, spotted a metal tray and was told it was developed for an experiment in the preparation of hot meals on airliners.
		Thomas relished the credit he got for his invention and kept the original prototype tray and packaging for the TV Dinner, said his wife, Susan Thomas.
	www.suntimes.com /output/obituaries/cst-nws-xthomas21.html (241 words)

	Gerry Thomas
		Nebraska born Gerry Thomas was a marketing executive for CA Swanson and Sons of Omaha, Nebraska in the early 1950's when his company faced a turkey problem.
		As frozen poultry legend goes, Gerry conceived the idea of adding two additional compartments to the metal tray so that an entire meal could be heated and served in one unit.
		Gerry borrowed the name for the frozen compartmentalized meals from a new medium, and the "TV Dinner" was born.
	www.doney.net /aroundaz/celebrity/thomas_gerry.htm (852 words)

	Learn more about Thomas Edison in the online encyclopedia. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Thomas Alva Edison (February 11, 1847 - October 18, 1931) was a United States inventor and businessman who developed many important devices.
		Let alone the entire millennium with true giants such as Isaac Newton, Leonardo da Vinci, Albert Einstein, Galileo Galilei, Charles Darwin, Johannes Gutenberg (book print, #1 invention of the millennium, according to many sources), James Watt (steam engine and start of industrial revolution, #2 invention), and many others.
		The greatest innovation of Thomas Edison was the Menlo Park research lab, which was built in New Jersey.
	www.onlineencyclopedia.org /t/th/thomas_edison.html (2276 words)

	PV resident, creator of TV Dinner, dies at 83
		Gerry Thomas, a Paradise Valley man credited with inventing the Swanson TV Dinner in 1952, has died.
		Thomas, who was a member of the Paradise Valley Town Council for two years ending in 1998, is survived by his wife, Susan Mills Thomas, seven children and six grandchildren.
		Gerry Thomas, the man who dreamed up the Swanson TV Dinner 53 years ago, was a man ahead of his time, ushering in an era of quick meals that boomed in the TV age.
	www.azcentral.com /community/scottsdale/articles/0719thomas-ON.html (272 words)

	Gerry Thomas -- an Honorary Unsubscribe
		During World War II Thomas was a U.S. Army intelligence officer, and was awarded the Bronze Star for his work in breaking Japanese codes.
		Thomas came up with the solution: package it with side dishes as frozen dinners in aluminum trays.
		Thomas died July 18 from cancer at a hospice in Arizona.
	www.honoraryunsubscribe.com /gerry_thomas.html (518 words)

	News Stories - Tampa Bay's 10 News - WTSP
		Paradise Valley, Arizona - Gerry Thomas, credited with inventing the TV dinner more than a half-century ago and giving it its singular name, has died at the age of 83.
		Thomas' last interview with the Associated Press was in 1999.
		Thomas came up with a three-compartment tray because he spent five years in the service and knew what a mess kit was.
	www.tampabays10.com /news/news.aspx?storyid=16425 (453 words)

	Untitled Document
		In June of 1997 Thomas Lehn and Gerry Hemingway came together for a duo tour in Germany that had originally been planned as a quartet with Mats Gustafsson and Barry Guy.
		Thomas recorded all of the concerts and the extensive recordings were edited into what a double CD that came out at the end of November of 1999 on Erstwhile Records.
		Beide Musiker ergaenzten sich vortrefflich, wobei Gerry Hemingway aeusserlich meist ein wenig zurueckhaltender agierte.
	www.gerryhemingway.com /tomgerry.html (966 words)

	Gerry Thomas, Who Thought Up the TV Dinner, Is Dead at 83 - New York Times
		Gerry Thomas, who designed clever packaging for a frozen meal and called it the TV dinner, died on Monday in Phoenix, Ariz. He was 83.
		Thomas served as an Army officer during World War II and won a Bronze Star for his work in breaking a Japanese code.
		Thomas, as a sales and marketing specialist for C. Swanson & Sons in 1954, was widely reported to have had the inspiration, there have been competing claims, including one from the Swanson family that W. Clarke Swanson, an owner of the company in the 1950's, had the idea.
	www.nytimes.com /2005/07/21/business/21thomas.html?ex=1279598400&en=fbf8f7a014fb37c1&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss (654 words)

	Inventor of TV dinner dies at age 83 - Lifestyle - MSNBC.com
		Gerry Thomas displays a present-day version of his invention at his Paradise Valley, Ariz., home in 1999.
		Thomas, honored in Hollywood in 1999 by having his handprints placed in cement outside Grauman’s Chinese Theatre, died of cancer at a Phoenix hospice facility Monday after a long illness, according to his wife, Susan Mills Thomas.
		The idea of packaging the surplus as an entree for a frozen meal dawned on Thomas, then 30, during a business trip to Pittsburgh, where he saw a box of single-compartment metal trays that were being tested by an airline as a way of serving heated meals.
	www.msnbc.msn.com /id/8645487 (727 words)

	Laurentian University Faculty Publications: Thomas Gerry, Dept. of English (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Gerry, T. "'Green yet free of seasons': Gwendolyn MacEwan and the mystical tradition in Canadian poetry." Studies in Canadian Literature, 16 (2): 147-161.
		Gerry, T. It is the frame of the mirror that grips your heart." Review of Painting place: the life and work of David B. Milne." In Queen's Quarterly 104 (1): 137-49.
		Gerry, T. Language in her eyes: views on writing and gender by Canadian women writing in English.
	www.laurentian.ca /GRAD_STUDY/FACPUBLICATIONS/ENGLISH/tgerry.html (1160 words)

	I/P Updates: TGIF for Gerry Thomas, Creator of the TV Dinner - News and Information for Intellectual Property ...
		Gerry Thomas, creator of the "TV Dinner" more than a half-century ago, died at the age of 83 this week.
		We were challenged to come up with a way to get rid of the turkeys," Thomas reportedly said.
		Making use of aluminum serving dishes, used also at that time to serve dinners on aircraft, he packaged the leftover turkey with cornbread dressing, frozen peas and sweet potatoes, each in its own compartment.
	ip-updates.blogspot.com /2005/07/tgif-for-gerry-thomas-creator-of-tv.html (499 words)

	Coyote Blog: Gerry Thomas, RIP
		Gerry Thomas, inventor of the TV dinner, died here in Phoenix at the age of 83.
		Thomas and his successors probably cooked for me more than my mom.
		Thomas is a member of the Frozen Food Hall of Fame (I kid you not) in Orlando.
	www.coyoteblog.com /coyote_blog/2005/07/gerry_thomas_ri.html (251 words)

	TV Dinner Inventor Gerry Thomas Dies (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Gerry Thomas, credited with inventing the TV Dinner more than a half-century ago and giving it its singular name, has died at 83.
		Thomas, who died Monday after a bout with cancer, was a salesman for Omaha, Neb.-based C.A. Swanson and Sons in 1954 when he got the idea of packaging frozen meals in a foil tray, divided into compartments to keep the foods from mixing.
		It was fast and convenient, and the whole thing fit nicely on a TV tray in the living room, so that you didn't have to drag yourself away from your favorite television show.
	www.sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/news/archive/2005/07/20/national/a091338D12.DTL (443 words)

	Thomas Lehn / Gerry Hemingw - TOM & GERRY at AB-CD.com
		Compact Disc...In June of 1997, Thomas Lehn and Gerry Hemingway came together for a duo tour in Germany that had originally been planned as a quartet with Mats Gustafsson and Barry Guy.
		Thomas recorded all of the concerts and the extensive recordings were recently compiled into this double CD, which was painstakingly edited, sequenced and mastered to provide the best possible showcase for this superb music.
		Lehn (analogue synth), who hails from Cologne, has been omnipresent in the European improv scene since the early '80's, but only recently has begun to be documented on disc, and even then, most of the recordings are on small, hard-to-find European labels, typically in very limited quantities.
	www.ab-cd.com /icbin/media/ERST004.html (382 words)

	CTV.ca - TV dinner inventor Gerry Thomas dies- CTV News, Shows and Sports -- Canadian Television
		— Gerry Thomas, credited with inventing the TV dinner more than a half-century ago and giving it its singular name, has died at the age of 83.
		Thomas died Monday, Terry Crowley at Messinger Mortuary said Wednesday.
		Ten million dinners were sold in the first year of national distribution.
	www.ctv.ca /servlet/ArticleNews/print/CTVNews/1121882342570_117291542?hub=SciTech&subhub=PrintStory (462 words)

	SignOnSanDiego.com > News > Nation -- Gerry Thomas, inventor of the TV Dinner, dies at 83
		SignOnSanDiego.com > News > Nation -- Gerry Thomas, inventor of the TV Dinner, dies at 83
		PHOENIX – Gerry Thomas, credited with inventing the TV Dinner more than a half-century ago and giving it its singular name, has died at 83.
		Thomas, who died in Paradise Valley on Monday after a bout with cancer, was a salesman for Omaha, Neb.-based C.A. Swanson and Sons in 1954 when he got the idea of packaging frozen meals in a foil tray, divided into compartments to keep the foods from mixing.
	www.signonsandiego.com /news/nation/20050720-1432-obit-thomas.html (701 words)

	ABC News: Gerry Thomas, Inventor of TV Dinners, Dies (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		ABC News: Gerry Thomas, Inventor of TV Dinners, Dies
		PHOENIX Jul 20, 2005 —; Gerry Thomas, who changed the way Americans eat for better or worse with his invention of the TV Dinner during the baby boom years, has died at 83.
		Thomas, who died in Paradise Valley on Monday after a bout with cancer, was a salesman for Omaha, Neb.-based C.A. Swanson and Sons in 1954 when he got the idea of packaging frozen meals in a disposable aluminum-foil tray, divided into compartments to keep the foods from mixing.
	abcnews.go.com /US/wireStory?id=961764&CMP=OTC-RSSFeeds0312 (448 words)

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