>>Steve Wilhite, who invented the GIF format in 1987, explicitly said it's pronounced "JIF" (soft G), even declaring it in his 2013 Webby Award acceptance and insisting dictionaries that accept both are wrong. He chose it partly as a pun on the Jif peanut butter slogan ("Choosy developers choose GIF"). >>Americanized form of German Willheit >>William T. Young (February 15, 1918 – January 12, 2004) was an American businessman, philanthropist, and prominent thoroughbred horse racing owner-breeder from Lexington, Kentucky. Born in Lexington to Margaret Mitchell Thompson and Willis S. Young, he graduated from the University of Kentucky in 1939 with a Bachelor of Science in mechanical engineering (with high distinction). After serving in the U.S. Army during World War II (including stateside in the ordnance branch), he returned to Lexington in 1946. That year, he founded W. T. Young Foods, Inc. and built a peanut butter manufacturing facility in Lexington (at 767 East Third Street, constructed for about $75,000). The company produced Big Top peanut butter, which he grew into one of the leading national brands under the eventual name Jif. >>William T. Young (the founder of the peanut butter business that became Jif) was born in Lexington, Kentucky, in 1918, to parents Willis Samuel Young (or Willis S. Young) and Margaret Mitchell Thompson (or Margaret Thompson Young). Both parents were also from Kentucky, and the family appears to have deep roots in the state.His family names—Young and Thompson—are common Anglo-Saxon/Scottish or English surnames, which aligns with many early settler families in the American South and Appalachia/Kentucky region during the 19th and early 20th centuries. Why are you trying to deny white history? You're a George Washington Carver recipe "inventor" guy, aren't you?