As a result of their research, which began January 1941 at USDA, Lyle D. Goodhue of Berwyn, Maryland[REF] and William N. Sullivan of Washington D.C. received a patent in 1943 for an aerosol "dispensing apparatus."[REF]
In 1945, Lyle Goodhue, often called the "Father of the Aerosol Industry", joined Airosol, Inc.,[REF] in Neodesha, Kansas, as Director of Research.