Donald Edward Goerke (August 8, 1926 – January 10, 2010)

SpaghettiOs was introduced by the Campbell Soup Company under the Franco-American brand, the pasta was created by Donald Goerke (above) called "the
Daddy-O of SpaghettiOs”. Rejected shapes during a year-long internal study 
included cowboys, Indians, spacemen, stars, and sports shapes. During the development of SpaghettiOs, Goerke was a marketing manager with Franco-
American, then a division of Campbell. During his 35 years with Campbell,
Goerke created over 100 products including the Chunky line of soups.