Frederick J. Schlink (October 26, 1891 – January 15, 1995) was an American consumer rights activist. Events 740 - An Earthquake strikes Constantinople, causing much damage and death Year 1891 ( MDCCCXCI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 588 BC - Nebuchadrezzar II of Babylon lays siege to Jerusalem under Zedekiah 's reign Year 1995 ( MCMXCV) was a Common year starting on Sunday. Events of 1995 Consumer protection is a form of Government Regulation which protects the interests of Consumers For example a government may require businesses to disclose detailed He co-wrote the book 100,000,000 Guinea Pigs with Arthur Kallet, and co-founded the watchdog group Consumers Research. Arthur Kallet ( December 15, 1902 &ndash February 24, 1972) was a director of Consumers Research who became the first staff director Consumers' Research is a now defunct non-profit organization established in 1929 by Stuart Chase (1888-1985 and F Schlink was born in Peoria, Illinois, and graduated from the University of Illinois in 1912. The State of Illinois ( roughly ill-i-NOY is a state of the United States of America, the 21st to be admitted to the Union. In 1914, he acquired the degree of Mechanical Engineer, and worked at the United States Bureau of Standards until 1919. After work in quality control for Firestone Tire and Rubber Company, and for the Bell Telephone Laboratories, he became an assistant secretary for the non-profit American Standards Association. [1]
In 1927, Schlink was co-author (with Stuart Chase) of the bestseller, Your Money's Worth, a warning about sales pressure and misleading advertising. The book called attention to the "Consumers' Club", a small organization in White Plains, New York. Within two years, the club had members nationwide and was incorporated as Consumers' Research, Inc. Consumers' Research is a now defunct non-profit organization established in 1929 by Stuart Chase (1888-1985 and F Arthur Kallet, the secretary of the group, enlisted Schlink's aid as co-author of One Hundred Million Guinea Pigs in 1933 [2]. The title left little to the imagination at a time when the United States had a population of 100,000,000 people. The book caused a stir, noting that some well-advertised products (including mouthwash and hair dyes) were sometimes useless, and even dangerous. Schlink's legacy was a better informed, and more health-conscious public. His final book was 1935's Eat, Drink and be Wary. [3] Schlink himself lived for almost seventy more years after the book's publication, and died at the age of 103.
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