SIMS, REX
01-20-2008



Rex Sims, 85, Dies; Cool Whip ScientistRex Sims, Ph.D. research chemist and scientific expert for fats and oils for thirty years at General Foods who orchestrated the development of innovative tests that allowed the key breakthrough in long term emulsion stability that paved the way for the groundbreaking success of Cool Whip died Friday at the Westchester Medical Center in Valhalla. He was 85.The cause was secondary conditions related to ALS or Lou Gehrig's disease. An accomplished musician, playing the saxophone, clarinet and flute, Rex played in orchestras and dance bands in the forties and fifties. He joined the Pleasantville Fire Department Band in 1962, and in addition to performing, served as manager, librarian and organizer of Pleasantville Fire Department parades for forty-four years. Rex was recently awarded special recognition for his years of service to the Pleasantville Fire Department Band in a special ceremony sponsored by the Mayor and Board of Trustees of the Village of Pleasantville.