Ernest H. Wiegand (July 10, 1886 – April 1973) was a professor of horticulture at

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who, in 1925 during

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, developed a brine method that led to the modern maraschino cherry. He won the

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in 1960. The food sciences building on the university's

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campus, Wiegand Hall, is named in his honour.

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